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com·mis·sion·er

 (kə-mĭsh′ə-nər)
n. Abbr. Com. or Comr.
1. A member of a commission.
2. A person authorized by a commission to perform certain duties.
3. A governmental official in charge of a department: a police commissioner.
4. Sports An official selected by an athletic association or league to exercise administrative or regulatory powers over it: a baseball commissioner.
com·mis′sion·er·ship′ n.
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commissioner

(kəˈmɪʃənə)
n
1. a person authorized to perform certain tasks or endowed with certain powers
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government
a. any of several types of civil servant
b. an ombudsman. See also Health Service Commissioner, Parliamentary Commissioner
3. a member of a commission
comˈmissionerˌship n
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com•mis•sion•er

(kəˈmɪʃ ə nər)

n.
1. a person commissioned to act officially; member of a commission.
2. a government official or representative in charge of a department or district: the police commissioner.
3. an official chosen by an athletic association to exercise broad administrative or judicial authority: the baseball commissioner.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French]
com•mis′sion•er•ship`, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.commissioner - a government administrator
administrator, executive - someone who manages a government agency or department
bank commissioner - a commissioner appointed to supervise banks; a state superintendent of banks
housing commissioner - a commissioner in charge of public housing
park commissioner - a commissioner in charge of public parks
police commissioner - a civil commissioner appointed to supervise the duties and discipline of the police
2.commissioner - a member of a commission
commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
fellow member, member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"
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Translations
مَنْدوب، مُفَوَّض، عُضْو لَجْنَه
komisař
kommisærkommissær
erivolinik
umboîsmaîur; landsstjóri
komisár
heyet/komisyon üyesi

commissioner

[kəˈmɪʃənəʳ] N (= official) → comisario/a m/f; (= member of commission) → comisionado/a m/f
commissioner for oaths (Brit) → notario/a m/f público/a
commissioner of police → inspector(a) m/f jefe de policía
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

commissioner

[kəˈmɪʃənər] n
(= government official) → membre m d'une commission
(= senior policeman) → préfet m (de police)Commission for Racial Equality n (British) commission pour l'égalité des racescommissioning editor [kəˈmɪʃənɪŋˈɛdɪtər] n
(in publishing) → responsable mf de publication
(in television) → directeur/trice m/f des programmescommission of inquiry n (British) → commission f d'enquête
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

commissioner

n
(= member of commission) → Ausschussmitglied nt
(of police) → Polizeipräsident(in) m(f)
(Jur) commissioner for oaths → Notar(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

commissioner

[kəˈmɪʃənəʳ] n → membro di una commissione (Police) → questore m
commissioner of police → questore m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

commission

(kəˈmiʃən)
1. money earned by a person who sells things for someone else.
2. an order for a work of art. a commission to paint the president's portrait.
3. an official paper giving authority, especially to an army officer etc. My son got his commission last year.
4. an official group appointed to report on a specific matter. a commission of enquiry.
verb
1. to give an order (especially for a work of art) to. He was commissioned to paint the Lord Mayor's portrait.
2. to give a military commission to.
comˌmissioˈnaire (-ˈneə) noun
a doorkeeper in uniform. the commissionaire at the cinema.
comˈmissioner noun
a representative of the government in a district or department.
in/out of commission
in, or not in, a usable, working condition.
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Announce me.' Vewy well, so out comes their head chief- also took it into his head to lecture me: 'It's wobbewy!'- 'Wobbewy,' I say, 'is not done by man who seizes pwovisions to feed his soldiers, but by him who takes them to fill his own pockets!' 'Will you please be silent?' 'Vewy good!' Then he says: 'Go and give a weceipt to the commissioner, but your affair will be passed on to headquarters.' I go to the commissioner.
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