Meaning

4 senses
  1. One who commissions something.

  2. One commissioned to perform certain duties.

    Kommissar, Kommissarin, Beauftragter

    комисса́рkomissár, представи́тельpredstavítelʹ, представи́тельницаpredstavítelʹnica

  3. A member of a commission.

    Kommissionsmitglied, Kommissar

    член коми́ссииčlen komíssii

    a member of a commission

  4. A member of a commission.

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

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Tom Jackson was the commissioner.

  2. "Under what circumstances was the body discovered?" asked the commissioner.

  3. You have twice dared to contradict me in front of the commissioner.

  4. The police commissioner is responsible for leading local or specialized internal security services.

  5. His car theft charges were dropped, after the police commissioner's house mysteriously burnt down.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
someone commissioned to perform certain duties — see also assignee:
member of a commission:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
someone commissioned to perform certain duties — see also assignee:
member of a commission:

Origin

From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin co

From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius. Doublet of commissionaire. By surface analysis, commission + -er.

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