commissioner generaln.

Brit.

/kəˌmɪʃn̩ə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/,

/kəˌmɪʃ(ə)nə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/,

/kəˌmɪʃn̩ə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/,

/kəˌmɪʃ(ə)nə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, U.S.

/kəˌmɪʃənər ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/

Forms: see commissioner n. and general adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: commissioner n., general adj.

Etymology: < commissioner n. + general adj. Compare earlier commissary general n.

A chief or supreme commissioner (in various applications). Also as a title. In some early uses with reference to an officer in command of (part of) a military force; cf. commissary general n.

ΚΠ

1588 F. M. tr. Deposition Don Diego Piementellj 3 Hee hath beene Commissioner generall [Du. Commissaris generael] of the Cauallerie of Sicile, and Captaine of threescore Launces.

1609 Articles Treatie of Truce Antwerp sig. A3^v The reuerend father frier Iohn Neyen, Commissioner generall of the order of Saint Francis in the Low-Countries.

a1674 Earl of Clarendon Hist. View Ireland in Coll. Several Valuable Pieces (1727) II. 124 Sir William Vaughan, Commissioner General of the Horse, being in the first Charge kill'd, they who follow'd him were immediately routed.

1787 Scots Mag. May 233/2 Matthew Foster, late Commissioner General in the Leeward Islands.

a1864 A. Stockenstrom in C.W. Hutton Autobiogr. of Late Sir Andries Stockenstrom (1887) I. 431 I had been..Commissioner-General of the Eastern Province.

1882 C. L. Norris-Newman With Boers in Transvaal 14 After 1831 the Commissioner-General for Frontier Affairs..set himself against these border raids.

1970 Rand Daily Mail 8 Sept. 7 Immigrant receptionists had been unable to reply in Afrikaans to the Commissioner-General to the Xhosa National Unit.

1991 Internat. Jrnl. Refugee Law 3 325 Usually, conditions did not permit relief other than dry rations to be distributed through the Commissioner General for Essential Services.

2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Aug. a6 Pierre Krähenbühl, the commissioner general of Unrwa, the agency responsible for aiding Palestinians.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	commissioner general
释义	commissioner generaln. Brit. /kəˌmɪʃn̩ə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/, /kəˌmɪʃ(ə)nə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/, /kəˌmɪʃn̩ə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, /kəˌmɪʃ(ə)nə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /kəˌmɪʃənər ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/ Forms: see commissioner n. and general adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: commissioner n., general adj. Etymology: < commissioner n. + general adj. Compare earlier commissary general n. A chief or supreme commissioner (in various applications). Also as a title. In some early uses with reference to an officer in command of (part of) a military force; cf. commissary general n. ΚΠ 1588 F. M. tr. Deposition Don Diego Piementellj 3 Hee hath beene Commissioner generall [Du. Commissaris generael] of the Cauallerie of Sicile, and Captaine of threescore Launces. 1609 Articles Treatie of Truce Antwerp sig. A3^v The reuerend father frier Iohn Neyen, Commissioner generall of the order of Saint Francis in the Low-Countries. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Hist. View Ireland in Coll. Several Valuable Pieces (1727) II. 124 Sir William Vaughan, Commissioner General of the Horse, being in the first Charge kill'd, they who follow'd him were immediately routed. 1787 Scots Mag. May 233/2 Matthew Foster, late Commissioner General in the Leeward Islands. a1864 A. Stockenstrom in C.W. Hutton Autobiogr. of Late Sir Andries Stockenstrom (1887) I. 431 I had been..Commissioner-General of the Eastern Province. 1882 C. L. Norris-Newman With Boers in Transvaal 14 After 1831 the Commissioner-General for Frontier Affairs..set himself against these border raids. 1970 Rand Daily Mail 8 Sept. 7 Immigrant receptionists had been unable to reply in Afrikaans to the Commissioner-General to the Xhosa National Unit. 1991 Internat. Jrnl. Refugee Law 3 325 Usually, conditions did not permit relief other than dry rations to be distributed through the Commissioner General for Essential Services. 2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Aug. a6 Pierre Krähenbühl, the commissioner general of Unrwa, the agency responsible for aiding Palestinians. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1588
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