'Subcommittee' definitions:

Definition of 'subcommittee'

(from WordNet)
noun
A subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose

Definition of 'Subcommittee'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]