commissaire

British  

/ ˌkɒmɪˈsɛə /

noun

1. (in professional cycle racing) a referee who travels in an open-topped car with the riders to witness any infringement of the rules

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Etymology

Origin of commissaire

from French: see _commissary

Example Sentences

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

With Denis Ménochet, appealing as the local commissaire, and, eventually, Alfre Woodard.

From Los Angeles Times

“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

These changes are part of a project funded by the EU and led by a senior police officer, Commissaire Binetou Guisse, whose job it is to monitor gender-related violence around the country.

From BBC

Then he came to grief behind the commissaire's car before the Abu Dhabi Tour had even officially begun.

From BBC