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
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
Pendleton still won an impossibly close finish – only for the commissaire to rule she had come out of her sprinter's lane.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 29, 2012
"It is, indeed, the fact, mon commissaire," said Madame Pipelet.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
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