Definitions for commissioner
kəˈmɪʃ ə nərcom·mis·sion·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commissionernoun

   a government administrator

2. commissionernoun

   a member of a commission

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commissionernoun

   A member of a commission.

2. commissionernoun

   Someone commissioned to perform certain duties.

3. commissionernoun

   An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.

4. commissionernoun

   Someone who commissions something

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1. Commissionernoun

   One included in a warrant of authority.

   Etymology: from commission.

   A commissioner is one who hath commission, as letters patents, or other lawful warrant, to execute any publick office. John Cowell.

   One article they stood upon, which I with your commissioners have agreed upon. Philip Sidney.

   These commissioners came into England, with whom covenants were concluded. John Hayward.

   The archbishop was made one of the commissioners of the treasury. Edward Hyde.

   Suppose itinerary commissioners to inspect, throughout the kingdom, into the conduct of men in office, with respect to morals and religion as well as abilities. Jonathan Swift.

   Like are their merits, like rewards they share,
   That shines a consul, this commissioner. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Commissionernoun

   a person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims

2. Commissionernoun

   an officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service

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1. Commissioner

   A commissioner is, in principle, the title given to a member of a commission or to an individual who has been given a commission. In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to include a variety of senior officials, often sitting on a specific commission. In particular, commissioner frequently refers to senior police or government officials. A High Commissioner is equivalent to an ambassador, originally between the United Kingdom and the Dominions and now between all Commonwealth states, whether Commonwealth realms, republics, or countries having a monarch other than that of the realms. The title is also sometimes given to senior officials in the private sector; for instance, many North American sports leagues.

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1. commissioner

   A person commissioned to perform a specific role, responsibility and duty with a known job description.

   The government commissioner had to report to the relevant Minister in Cabinet.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 27, 2019  

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1. • Administrator
   • Member

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'commissioner' in Nouns Frequency: #1640

Anagrams for commissioner »

1. recommission

How to pronounce commissioner?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of commissioner in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of commissioner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of commissioner in a Sentence

1. Troy Vincent:

   The commissioner (Roger Goodell) has acknowledged those mistakes, we failed. This is all part of our evaluation as we look at a new personal conduct policy ... But we learned from those mistakes.

2. Ricardo Cardoso:

   As Commissioner Vestager has said before, the Commission believes that it can move the case forward in a hopefully relatively short time-span.

3. Richard Neal:

   It was pretty clear that when the conversation took place with the IRS commissioner and the secretary of the Treasury, that we want these refunds to go out on time, i'm told that the tax filing season opens still on Jan. 29. So we're going to be raising questions about that during the course of the next few days, to make sure that's adhered to.

4. Chez Valenta:

   It was the busiest period in the history of EMSin NYC, FDNY Deputy Commissioner for Public Information Frank Dwyer toldFox News. Calls surged to [the] high 5,000s and over 6,000. The highest one-day number of 911 calls was6,500 on March 30. Paramedics don gowns, gloves, goggles and N95 masks before they enter a home. Six percent of the FDNY’s 4,400 EMS workers are currently on COVID 19 medical leave. We had never seen anything like this before, in terms of magnitude and severity, The Queens-basedparamedic said. In those four weeks, it was really bad. I would finish a call, hit the available button, and Id immediately get another cardiac arrest. It was just like rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat for 16 hours, come back eight hours later, and do it all again. When asked what the hardest part of that four-week stretch was, the paramedic said,Not being able to save most of these people. This was a very dark period for me because no one was coming back, we werent able to resuscitate anyone. I got close once, but that person died too.It was just something I had never experienced at all during this job. It wasmentally exhausting and it was emotionally fatiguing. Dwyer told Fox that the FDNYs Counseling Services Unit (CSU) is available for all first responders. During the pandemic, CSU messaging has been provided to field units on a daily basis, including being sent directly to computers on board ambulances.

5. Greg Scott:

   Should evidence indicate that the Competition Act has been contravened, the Commissioner will take appropriate action.

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