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单词 commissioner
释义

commissioner

[ kuh-mish-uh-ner ]
/ kəˈmɪʃ ə nər /
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noun

a person commissioned to act officially; member of a commission.
a government official or representative in charge of a department or district: the police commissioner; the commissioner of a colony.
an official chosen by an athletic association to exercise broad administrative or judicial authority: the baseball commissioner.

Origin of commissioner

1400–50; late Middle English <Anglo-French. See commission, -er2

OTHER WORDS FROM commissioner

com·mis·sion·er·ship, nounsub·com·mis·sion·er, nounsub·com·mis·sion·er·ship, noun

Words nearby commissioner

commissariat, commissary, commission, commissionaire, commissioned officer, commissioner, Commissioner for Local Administration, commissioner for oaths, Commission for Racial Equality, commission house, commission merchant
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British Dictionary definitions for commissioner

commissioner
/ (kəˈmɪʃənə) /

noun

a person authorized to perform certain tasks or endowed with certain powers
government
  1. any of several types of civil servant
  2. an ombudsmanSee also Health Service Commissioner, Parliamentary Commissioner
a member of a commission

Derived forms of commissioner

commissionership, noun
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