high commissioner
noun
: a principal or a high-ranking commissioner
especially : an ambassadorial representative of the government of one country stationed in another
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The report was delivered hours before the end of a four-year term by the agency’s high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, and emerged despite strong objection by Beijing. 
Chun Han Wong And James T. Areddy, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022 The high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations said Friday her mission in Ukraine has uncovered growing evidence of war crimes, and has verified the killings of at least 2,345 civilians. Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022 Duarte went on to serve as head of safety and security in the provincial cabinet in the central Gauteng region and spent eight years working for the Department of Foreign Affairs, becoming South Africa’s high commissioner to Mozambique. Khuleko Siwele, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022 Both are both types of heads of a country's diplomatic mission, although an ambassador is the representative of one country in another country while a high commissioner is the head of state in another country. Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022 Humanitarians were up in arms last month when Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, came away from a China tour spouting Beijing propaganda. Mary Anastasia O’grady, WSJ, 12 June 2022 As the Xinjiang police file reports were being published by USA TODAY and other media around the world, a visit to the region by the UN's high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, was getting under way. Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022 Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, is also visiting the region on a trip that faces severe limitations. New York Times, 27 May 2022 On the second day of her mission to China to look into human rights violations in Xinjiang, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, received a gift. Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 24 May 2022 See More
Chun Han Wong And James T. Areddy, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022 The high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations said Friday her mission in Ukraine has uncovered growing evidence of war crimes, and has verified the killings of at least 2,345 civilians. Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022 Duarte went on to serve as head of safety and security in the provincial cabinet in the central Gauteng region and spent eight years working for the Department of Foreign Affairs, becoming South Africa’s high commissioner to Mozambique. Khuleko Siwele, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022 Both are both types of heads of a country's diplomatic mission, although an ambassador is the representative of one country in another country while a high commissioner is the head of state in another country. Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022 Humanitarians were up in arms last month when Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, came away from a China tour spouting Beijing propaganda. Mary Anastasia O’grady, WSJ, 12 June 2022 As the Xinjiang police file reports were being published by USA TODAY and other media around the world, a visit to the region by the UN's high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, was getting under way. Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022 Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, is also visiting the region on a trip that faces severe limitations. New York Times, 27 May 2022 On the second day of her mission to China to look into human rights violations in Xinjiang, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, received a gift. Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 24 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1606, in the meaning defined above