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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Subcommittee \Sub`com*mit"tee\, n.
   An under committee; a part or division of a committee.
   [1913 Webster]

         Yet by their sequestrators and subcommittees abroad . .
         . those orders were commonly disobeyed.  --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

subcommittee
    n 1: a subset of committee members organized for a specific
         purpose