county commissioner

noun

1. a member of a U.S. county board overseeing the collection and disbursement of funds and other affairs of the county.

Word History and Origins

Origin of county commissioner¹

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

“Structurally with third parties you have to be skeptical of their intentions because they're not doing a very good job of building a party. If they were they would be running candidate for county commissioner,” Kamarck said.

From Salon

Sure, nobody’s relying on a newspaper to tell them who to support for president, but I suspect that people are absolutely willing to take a paper’s advice on who to support for county commissioner or state representative or any number of other, less prominent races.

From Slate

The problem with taking action after the election, in the opinion of Natalie Crawford, a former Republican county commissioner and the executive director of Georgia First, is that these rules pave the way for inconsistent election procedures across the state.

From Salon

The county commissioner — a local hero since 2019 when he shot and killed a gunman who had stormed a church — wiped sweat from beneath a brimmed hat and nodded to the faithful.

From Los Angeles Times

An almost identical submission was provided to the board at about the same time by Bridget Thorne, a Fulton County commissioner and election denier.

From Salon