rapporteur
noun
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Rapporteur was adopted into English in the 16th century and is a descendant of the Middle French verb rapporter, meaning "to bring back, report, or refer." Other descendants of rapporter in English include rapportage (a rare synonym of reportage, in the sense of "writing intended to give an account of observed or documented events") and rapport ("a harmonious relationship," as in "The young teacher had a good rapport with the students"). The words report, reporter, reportage, etc., are also distant relatives of rapporteur; all can ultimately be traced back to the Latin prefix re-, meaning "back, again, or against," and the Latin word portare, meaning "to carry."
Examples of rapporteur in a Sentence
Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The United States is rebuking a United Nations decision to extend Francesca Albanese’s tenure as the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
However, no rapporteur designations have been designated for those committees yet.
—Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Yet the Human Rights Council, in a resolution led by the EU and supported by the United States, ended the commission’s mandate in favor of a special rapporteur with fewer resources to investigate human rights violations.
—Mausi Segun, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
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“Rapporteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapporteur. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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