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commissioner
[kuh-mish-uh-ner]
noun
a person commissioned to act officially; member of a commission.
a government official or representative in charge of a department or district.
the police commissioner; the commissioner of a colony.
an official chosen by an athletic association to exercise broad administrative or judicial authority.
the baseball commissioner.
commissioner
/ əˈɪʃəə /
noun
a person authorized to perform certain tasks or endowed with certain powers
government
any of several types of civil servant
an ombudsman See also Health Service Commissioner Parliamentary Commissioner
a member of a commission
Other Word Forms
- commissionership noun
- subcommissioner noun
- subcommissionership noun
- dzˈDzԱˌ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of commissioner1
Example Sentences
Northern Ireland's devolved government is currently recruiting an Irish language commissioner and a commissioner for the Ulster-Scots and Ulster British tradition.
McMahon said that failing to change course "would condemn Croydon's residents to a worsening position without an exit strategy" and he was "minded to" send in commissioners to run the council.
Chase is also a joyous and entrepreneurial music activist, MacArthur “genius,” educator, founder of New York’s impressive International Contemporary Ensemble and commissioner of a vastly imaginative new flute repertory in her ongoing Density 2036 project.
The SDLP's Matthew O'Toole said he would refer Lyons to the standards commissioner over his comments, saying "lives are at stake".
Then, a panel of ethics commissioners will vote on whether violations occurred and what the financial penalties, if any, should be.
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