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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.
Related forms
com·mis·sion·er·ship, noun
sub·com·mis·sion·er, noun
sub·com·mis·sion·er·ship, noun
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Commissioner
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Example Sentences
- The doping problem in baseball should be handled solely by the baseball commissioner.
- And urge your commissioner to preset the draft order.
Collins
World English Dictionary
| commissioner (kəˈmɪʃənə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person authorized to perform certain tasks or endowed with certain powers |
| 2. | government |
| a. any of several types of civil servant | |
| b. Health Service Commissioner See also Parliamentary Commissioner an ombudsman | |
| 3. | a member of a commission |
| com'missionership | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
commissioner
1448, "one appointed by a commission," from Anglo-Fr. commissionaire, from M.L. commissionarius, from commissionem (see commission). Meaning "member of a commission" is from 1530s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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