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CITIZENS COMMITTEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A self-constituted organization to promote something
Synonyms:
citizens committee; committee
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("citizens committee" is a kind of...):
NGO; nongovernmental organization (an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "citizens committee"):
vigilance committee (a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist)
welcoming committee (a committee to welcome new residents to a community)
