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
   2. an ombudsman See also Health Service Commissioner Parliamentary Commissioner
3. a member of a commission

Derived Forms

• comˈmissionerˌship, noun

Other Words From

• com·mission·er·ship noun
• subcom·mission·er noun
• subcom·mission·er·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of commissioner¹

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

Example Sentences

In an open meeting of all nations, the EU Commissioner for Climate Action Wopke Hoekstra called the draft deal "unbalanced, unworkable and unsubtle".

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He was back on the stump again in 2012 when he stood as a candidate in Humberside in the elections for the new office of police and crime commissioner.

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In its advice, the eSafety Commissioner has floated the idea of using a third-party service to anonymise a user’s ID before it is passed on to any age verification sites, to “preserve” their privacy.

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Instead, it will be up to the nation’s internet regulator - the eSafety Commissioner - to hash out how to implement and enforce the rules, which will not come into effect for at least 12 months after legislation is passed.

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"Now it's essentially farmland, so it's flat, it's easy to build on. We can very easily put a detention centre on there," Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said in an interview with Fox News, which first reported the offer.

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Related Words

• administrator