commissioner
pronunciation
How to pronounce commissioner in British English:
UK [kəˈmɪʃənə(r)]
How to pronounce commissioner in American English:
US [kəˈmɪʃənɚ]
-
- Noun:
- a government administrator
- a member of a commission
Word Origin
- commissioner (n.)
- early 15c., "one appointed by a commission," from Anglo-French commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissionarius, from commissionem (see commission (n.)). Meaning "member of a commission" is from 1530s.
Example
- 1. The commissioner praised mr laws for repaying over 56000 .
- 2. A frequently mooted candidate for prime minister is the economist and former eu commissioner mario monti .
- 3. My friend nailed the interview and became our commissioner .
- 4. He was the first high commissioner for refugees .
- 5. But cynics doubt that this owed much to the commissioner 's powers of persuasion .