Definition of Rapporteur

1. Noun. A recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings.

Generic synonyms: Record-keeper, Recorder, Registrar

Definition of Rapporteur

1. Noun. (legal) (politics) a person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and report back to that body. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rapporteur

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rapporteur

rappelers
rappeling
rappelled
rappeller
rappellers
rappelling
rappels
rappen
rapper
rappers
rapping
rappings
rappini
rappoldite
rapport
rapporteur (current term)
rapporteurs
rapports
rapprochement
rapprochements
raps
rapscallion
rapscallionly
rapscallions
rapt
raptly
raptness
raptnesses
raptor
raptores

Literary usage of Rapporteur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"The carrying out of this work has been entrusted to two committees under the direction of a rapporteur général, Dr. J. Briquet (Geneva), assisted by a ..."

2. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Ramsay Weston Rhipps (1892)
"... by a court-martial for the purchase of a sugar-loaf—Davoust and the captain "rapporteur"—Influence of the Continental system on Napoleon's fall. ..."

3. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1873)
"Officier rapporteur : — Fees to Returning Officer, ... dt rapporteur, du Secretaire d'Election et des Constables 77 14 77 14 Proclamations—Proclamations 20 ..."

4. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"A UN rapporteur said that the term 'forced labour' characterises a whole host ... During the last visit of the former Special rapporteur, he was told in his ..."

5. Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights by Jemera Rone (2003)
"The special rapporteur stated in his January 2002 ... Oral statement of the special rapporteur on human rights in Sudan Gerhart Baum to the UN. ..."

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