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commissioner
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15 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. commissioner
  2. commissioner-general
  3. bank commissioner
  4. county commissioner
  5. high commissioner
  6. lieutenant commissioner
  7. lord commissioner
  8. lord commissioner of admiralty
  9. lord commissioner of the treasury
  10. lord high commissioner
  11. police commissioner
  12. resident commissioner
  13. road commissioner
  14. shipping commissioner
  15. trade commissioner

com·mis·sion·er

noun \kə-ˈmi-sh(ə-)nər\

Definition of COMMISSIONER

: a person with a commission: as
a : a member of a commission
b : the representative of the governmental authority in a district, province, or other unit often having both judicial and administrative powers
c : the officer in charge of a department or bureau of the public service
d : the administrative head of a professional sport
— com·mis·sion·er·ship \-ˌship\ noun
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Examples of COMMISSIONER

  1. The baseball commissioner decided to suspend the players for 10 games.

First Known Use of COMMISSIONER

15th century

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