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View synonyms for commissioner

commissioner

[ kuh-mish-uh-ner ]

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.



commissioner

/ kəˈmɪʃənə /

noun

  1. a person authorized to perform certain tasks or endowed with certain powers
  2. government
    1. any of several types of civil servant
  3. a member of a commission
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • comˈmissionerˌship, noun
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Other Words From

  • com·mission·er·ship noun
  • subcom·mission·er noun
  • subcom·mission·er·ship noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of commissioner1

1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French. See commission, -er 2
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Example Sentences

A peacemaker is also exactly how Police Commissioner William Bratton sees himself.

Vice President Joe Biden spoke, followed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, then Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton.

“Assassinated,” in the words of New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

Both Mayor De Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton rushed to the hospital.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported that 3,419 others are known to have died at sea in 2014, so far.

The Assistant Commissioner, hand pressed to brow, began to study a document which lay before him.

"Certainly—certainly," said the Assistant Commissioner, waving one large hand in the direction of a bookshelf.

"Certainly—certainly," murmured the Assistant Commissioner, glancing up absently.

He adjusted his neat tie, replaced the mirror, knocked at the door and entered the room of the Assistant Commissioner.

Kerry, who quarrelled with everybody except the Assistant Commissioner, had only found one cause of quarrel with Mary.

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