subcommittee

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from 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.
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         Yet by their sequestrators and subcommittees abroad . .
         . those orders were commonly disobeyed.  --Milton.
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