Definition of commissaire in English:
commissaire
noun ˌkɒmɪˈsɛːkɔmisɛʀˌkäməˈser
1A senior police officer in France.
Example sentencesExamples
- His father was a Commissaire de Police for the French Government.
- This lone civilian was a commissaire of police, and the sole representative of the city's civil population.
- The standing which the event enjoys with the UCI, the world governing body, is reflected in the fact that international commissaire Jack Watson will act as chief commissaire, assisted by a panel of four commissaires.
- 1.1 (in France) an official at a cycle race or other sporting event.
Example sentencesExamples
- Incensed team staff had confronted race officials, and were extremely disappointed with the response from the commissaires
- After May 31 only valid licence holders will be considered for ranking, to the National Pool, training and selecting teams for foreign competitions and commissaires to officiate at races.
- He has a few words with the commissaires before rejoining the pack.
- The race was stopped by the commissaire following this bizarre happening!