rapporteur

Borrowed from French rapporteur.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹæ.pɔːˈtɜː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹæ.pɔɹˈtɜɹ/

rapporteur (plural rapporteurs)

1. (law, politics) A person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and report back to that body.

From rapport(er) +‎ -eur.

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pɔʁ.tœʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

rapporteur m (plural rapporteurs, feminine rapporteuse or rapportrice or rapporteure)

1. reporter (someone who reports)

   Coordinate terms: journaliste, reporter

2. telltale
3. rapporteur (same sense as in English)

• English: rapporteur

rapporteur m (plural rapporteurs)

1. protractor (instrument)

• “rapporteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.