High Commissionern.

Brit.

/ˌhʌɪ kəˈmɪʃn̩ə/,

/ˌhʌɪ kəˈmɪʃ(ə)nə/, U.S.

/ˌhaɪ kəˈmɪʃ(ə)nər/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

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

Etymology: < high adj. + commissioner n.

The most senior person commissioned by the Crown or by a government or international organization to perform a specified role, esp. the highest-ranking diplomat among those commissioned to represent a state abroad; (formerly also) a governor appointed to oversee a colonial territory or dependency (now historical). Now: spec. the head of a diplomatic mission from one Commonwealth country to another. Cf. High Commission n. 2.Outside the Commonwealth, the equivalent and more usual term is now ambassador.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > high commissioner

commissionera1500

High Commissioner1606

1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes more Profitable ii. 103 Euerie high Commissioner and speciall Officer that the Prince of this Land deputeth to vndergoe any charge at home or abroad.

1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 226 But to pacifie these Distempers, Hamilton must be designed the Kings high Commissioner into Scotland.

1667 in H. Paton Rep. Laing MSS (1914) I. 359 The other thing I shall now insist on as wisht for is that there may be no more a High Commissioner.

1703 G. Meldrum (title) A sermon preached in the New Church of Edinburgh... Before His Grace James Duke of Queensberry, Her Majesties High Commissioner.

1840 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 521 On the evening of the 21st of March, an extraordinary meeting of the Chamber of Commerce assembled, in which it was determined that some portion of the opium which they held should be delivered up as a propitiation to the wrath of the High Commissioner.

1857 Standard 3 Aug. 6 His Excellency the Earl of Elgin, the British High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China, arrived here [sc. Singapore].

1881 Times 30 June 9/6 Sir Alexander Galt, High Commissioner for Canada,..leaves Liverpool for the Dominion to-day.

1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 776/1 In some British possessions in Africa and the Pacific the head of the government is styled high commissioner.

1924 Advocate of Peace through Justice 86 444/1 Dr. Nansen, the League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, reported to the Council June 12 that there are estimated to be 400,000 Russian refugees in France.

1946 Ann. Reg. 1945 157 A High Commissioner from the United Kingdom would be appointed to take over from the Viceroy duties connected with the representation of Britain in India.

1951 Internat. Organization 5 142 The creation of a permanent United Nations agency to be known as the Attorney-General or High Commissioner for Human Rights.

1978 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 18 Mar. 516/2 Nanasaheb Goray, our present high commissioner to Britain and a leading light of the erstwhile Socialist party.

1992 Washington Post 26 Oct. 16/4 Somalia was being called ‘the black hole of international aid’ by such international agencies as the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

2011 Maya News 16 Feb. 15/3 Stephen Evans, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high commissioner
释义	High Commissionern. Brit. /ˌhʌɪ kəˈmɪʃn̩ə/, /ˌhʌɪ kəˈmɪʃ(ə)nə/, U.S. /ˌhaɪ kəˈmɪʃ(ə)nər/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., commissioner n. Etymology: < high adj. + commissioner n. The most senior person commissioned by the Crown or by a government or international organization to perform a specified role, esp. the highest-ranking diplomat among those commissioned to represent a state abroad; (formerly also) a governor appointed to oversee a colonial territory or dependency (now historical). Now: spec. the head of a diplomatic mission from one Commonwealth country to another. Cf. High Commission n. 2.Outside the Commonwealth, the equivalent and more usual term is now ambassador. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > high commissioner commissionera1500 High Commissioner1606 1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes more Profitable ii. 103 Euerie high Commissioner and speciall Officer that the Prince of this Land deputeth to vndergoe any charge at home or abroad. 1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 226 But to pacifie these Distempers, Hamilton must be designed the Kings high Commissioner into Scotland. 1667 in H. Paton Rep. Laing MSS (1914) I. 359 The other thing I shall now insist on as wisht for is that there may be no more a High Commissioner. 1703 G. Meldrum (title) A sermon preached in the New Church of Edinburgh... Before His Grace James Duke of Queensberry, Her Majesties High Commissioner. 1840 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 521 On the evening of the 21st of March, an extraordinary meeting of the Chamber of Commerce assembled, in which it was determined that some portion of the opium which they held should be delivered up as a propitiation to the wrath of the High Commissioner. 1857 Standard 3 Aug. 6 His Excellency the Earl of Elgin, the British High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China, arrived here [sc. Singapore]. 1881 Times 30 June 9/6 Sir Alexander Galt, High Commissioner for Canada,..leaves Liverpool for the Dominion to-day. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 776/1 In some British possessions in Africa and the Pacific the head of the government is styled high commissioner. 1924 Advocate of Peace through Justice 86 444/1 Dr. Nansen, the League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, reported to the Council June 12 that there are estimated to be 400,000 Russian refugees in France. 1946 Ann. Reg. 1945 157 A High Commissioner from the United Kingdom would be appointed to take over from the Viceroy duties connected with the representation of Britain in India. 1951 Internat. Organization 5 142 The creation of a permanent United Nations agency to be known as the Attorney-General or High Commissioner for Human Rights. 1978 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 18 Mar. 516/2 Nanasaheb Goray, our present high commissioner to Britain and a leading light of the erstwhile Socialist party. 1992 Washington Post 26 Oct. 16/4 Somalia was being called ‘the black hole of international aid’ by such international agencies as the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 2011 Maya News 16 Feb. 15/3 Stephen Evans, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606
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