Example sentences from the Web for commissaire

The commissaire proceeded, with a hasty hand, as if he wished to get the work quickly over, to ransack drawers and boxes.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427|Various
Just as Andre fell, a commissaire had rushed forward and seized a woman.
The Champdoce Mystery|Emile Gaboriau
I was waked by the commissaire, who entered my room with the keys.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil|David W. Bartlett
A grin on the face of the commissaire, a very sarcastic curl of the lip, a shrug of the shoulders, an ominous silence.
The Galaxy, June 1877|Various

For when the Commissaire pounced upon the name, she at once modified her words.
At the Villa Rose|A. E. W. Mason

commissaire

/ (ˌkɒmɪˈsɛə) /

noun

(in professional cycle racing) a referee who travels in an open-topped car with the riders to witness any infringement of the rules

Word Origin for commissaire

from French: see commissary

Words nearby commissaire

comminuted fracture, comminutor, commis, commiserate, commish, commissaire, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissionaire

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	commissaire
释义	Example sentences from the Web for commissaire The commissaire proceeded, with a hasty hand, as if he wished to get the work quickly over, to ransack drawers and boxes. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427\|Various Just as Andre fell, a commissaire had rushed forward and seized a woman. The Champdoce Mystery\|Emile Gaboriau I was waked by the commissaire, who entered my room with the keys. Paris: With Pen and Pencil\|David W. Bartlett A grin on the face of the commissaire, a very sarcastic curl of the lip, a shrug of the shoulders, an ominous silence. The Galaxy, June 1877\|Various For when the Commissaire pounced upon the name, she at once modified her words. At the Villa Rose\|A. E. W. Mason commissaire / (ˌkɒmɪˈsɛə) / noun (in professional cycle racing) a referee who travels in an open-topped car with the riders to witness any infringement of the rules Word Origin for commissaire from French: see commissary Words nearby commissaire comminuted fracture, comminutor, commis, commiserate, commish, commissaire, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissionaire Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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