resident commissioner

resident commissioner

n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the representative of Puerto Rico in the US House of Representatives. He or she may speak but has no vote

res′ident commis′sioner

n. a nonvoting representative from a dependency entitled to speak in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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resident commissioner - the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representativesrepresentative - a person who represents others