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BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue ribbon commission mean? 

BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION (noun)
  The noun BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION has 1 sense:

1. an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issueplay

  Familiarity information: BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

blue ribbon commission; blue ribbon committee

Hypernyms ("blue ribbon commission" is a kind of...):

commission; committee (a special group delegated to consider some matter)


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