Definitions
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- noun One who is designated to give a report, as at a meeting.
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- noun law (politics) a person appointed by a
deliberative body toinvestigate anissue or a situation, and report back to that body.
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- noun a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word rapporteur in French has various other meanings besides a reporter, such as an informer or a tattletale, and a protractor.
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Bernadotte's visit to me -- Trial by court-martial for the purchase of a sugar-loaf -- Davoust and the captain "rapporteur" -- Influence of the Continental system on Napoleon's fall.
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836
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Personally, FWIW, the report contained rather too much overblown rhetoric for my taste, and too little citation of supporting evidence otuside of a very narrow selection of French authors with whom the rapporteur was apparently friendly.
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Well the UN has done something comparable by appointing Richard Falk as its supposedly impartial "rapporteur" on Israeli actions in the Palestinian territories.
Alan Dershowitz: Israel Bans A UN Rapporteur Who Compares the Jewish State to Nazi Germany 2009
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Frene Ginwala, South Africa's parliament speaker who has acted as the conference "rapporteur," emphasised that the document calls on both government and opposition groups to promote democracy.
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The captain "rapporteur" of a court-martial allowed a poor peasant to escape the punishment due to the offence of having bought a loaf of sugar beyond the custom-house barrier.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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If your excellency considers that gentleman in the light of a "rapporteur," or talebearer, it is not for me to object; but the imputation of being a listener to or encourager of talebearers, so rashly advanced by your excellency against me, is without foundation in truth.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873
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The captain "rapporteur" of a court-martial allowed a poor peasant to escape the punishment due to the offence of having bought a loaf of sugar beyond the custom-house barrier.
Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801
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The member of parliament responsible for a dossier in a committee is called the "rapporteur".
Christian Engström, Pirate MEP Christian Engstr? 2010
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You know Prescott's the EU's environment 'rapporteur'?
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