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noun

Convener n.

One who convenes or meets with others. (Obs.)

One who calls an assembly together or convenes a meeting; hence, the chairman of a committee or other organized body. (Scot.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... others gradually lounged in, and as the meal became a trifle more animated, he told himself that after all Mr. Burnaby might have turned out a spoil-sport, especially with regard to a secret, all-important matter which he, the convener of this curiously assorted Christmas party, ...

— From Out the Vasty Deep • Mrs. Belloc Lowndes

... Joppa, and then anxious to be independent she took a small house near at hand, where she and Janie managed the work and cooking. It was not a very comfortable menage, and Miss Adam, one of the "chief women" of the Church and Convener of the Zenana Mission Committee, made arrangements for her and the children staying at Bowden, St. Boswells. Here, looking down upon a beautiful expanse of historic border country, she spent a quiet and restful time. As her vitality and spirits came back she began ...

— Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary • W. P. Livingstone

... [256] James Pringle, Convener of Selkirkshire for more than half a century. For an account of the Pringles of Torwoodlee, see Mr. Craig Brown's History of Selkirkshire, ...

— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott