commissioner

American  

[kuh-mish-uh-ner] / kəˈmɪʃ ə nər /

noun

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; the commissioner of a colony.

3. an official chosen by an athletic association to exercise broad administrative or judicial authority.

   the baseball commissioner.

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commissioner British  

/ kəˈmɪʃənə /

noun

1. a person authorized to perform certain tasks or endowed with certain powers

2. government

   1. any of several types of civil servant

   2. an ombudsman See also Health Service Commissioner Parliamentary Commissioner

3. a member of a commission

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Other Word Forms

• commissionership noun
• subcommissioner noun
• subcommissionership noun

Etymology

Origin of commissioner

1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French. See commission, -er ²

Example Sentences

Unwittingly, zealous regulators have turned stock markets into the casinos that commissioner Crenshaw deplores.

From Barron's

Workers paid less than minimum wage can file a wage theft claim with the California labor commissioner’s office.

From Los Angeles Times

The European Commission was closely monitoring the incident, EU technology commissioner Henna Virkkunen posted on X, adding that it was prepared to counter "hybrid threats".

From BBC

On Wednesday, provincial deputy commissioner of police, Major General Fred Kekana said nine of the arrested suspects are Lesotho nationals, while one is from Mozambique.

From BBC

It also targeted former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and two others.

From Barron's

Related Words

• administrator