Definition of "rapporteur" [rapporteur]

• One who is designated to give a report, as at a meeting. (noun)

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• "The word rapporteur in French has various other meanings besides a reporter, such as an informer or a tattletale, and a protractor."
• "Bernadotte's visit to me -- Trial by court-martial for the purchase of a sugar-loaf -- Davoust and the captain "rapporteur" -- Influence of the Continental system on Napoleon's fall."
• "Personally, FWIW, the report contained rather too much overblown rhetoric for my taste, and too little citation of supporting evidence otuside of a very narrow selection of French authors with whom the rapporteur was apparently friendly."