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COMMISSIONER

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com⋅mis⋅sion⋅er

  [kuh-mish-uh-ner]
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–noun
1. a person commissioned to act officially; member of a commission.
2. a government official or representative in charge of a department or district: the police commissioner; the commissioner of a colony.
3. an official chosen by an athletic association to exercise broad administrative or judicial authority: the baseball commissioner.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < AF. See commission, -er 2

Related forms:
com⋅mis⋅sion⋅er⋅ship, noun
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com·mis·sion·er   (kə-mĭsh'ə-nər)   
n.   Abbr. Com. or Comr.

  1. A member of a commission.

  2. A person authorized by a commission to perform certain duties.

  3. A governmental official in charge of a department: a police commissioner.

  4. Sports An official selected by an athletic association or league to exercise administrative or regulatory powers over it: a baseball commissioner.

com·mis'sion·er·ship' n.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: com·mis·sion·er
Function: noun
: a person with a commission: as a : a member of a commission b often cap : the officer in charge of a government agency commissioner>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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