different between committer vs committee

English

Etymology

commit +? -er

Noun

committer (plural committers)

1. A person who commits a crime; perpetrator.

   • For some here affirm , that Sin is said to be the Punishment of Sin , because in most sinful Actions , the Committer of them is really a Sufferer in and by the very Sin which he commits

2. (obsolete) A fornicator.

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3. (computing) A person who is authorized to make changes to software source code in a source control repository.

English

Alternative forms

• cttee (contraction)
• cmte (contraction)

Etymology

From commit +? -ee, else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.

Pronunciation

group of persons

• enPR: k?-m?t??, IPA^(key): [k??m?t.i]
• Rhymes: -?ti

person in charge of another

• (UK) IPA^(key): [k?m??ti?]
• Rhymes: -i?
• (US) enPR: käm-?-t??, IPA^(key): [k?m??ti?]
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

committee (plural committees)

1. A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
2. (archaic) A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.

Hyponyms

• program committee

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? French: comité (see there for further descendants)

Translations

Further reading

• committee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia