commissaire
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of commissaire
from French: see commissary
Example Sentences
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Her struggles with pregnancy provide a subplot, further softening up our gifted commissaire and making his domestic situation less than idyllic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
With Denis Ménochet, appealing as the local commissaire, and, eventually, Alfre Woodard.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2024
“Il est assez sophistiqué,” analyse Guillaume Piens, commissaire général d’une foire d’art contemporain au printemps, à Paris au Grand Palais .
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
We sped through the race, past team cars laden with spare bikes as commissaire Jean-Michel ticked off riders for minor infringements and made copious, illegible notes.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2018
Mon Dieu! monsieur le commissaire, it's very strange that I could have spattered anybody, watering a small pot of pansies; for I'm always very careful when I water my flowers.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
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