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commissaris

commissaris noun: commissioner.

Noun

commissaris

  1. (non-native speakers' English) commissioner
    • He was sitting in a low leather chair, close to the window of the commissaris's office […]2003, Janwillem van de Wetering, Death of a Hawker, Soho Press, →ISBN, page 192

Origin of commissaris

From Dutch commissaris.

Questions about commissaris

What does commissaris mean?
Commissaris means commissioner.
What part of speech is commissaris?
Commissaris is a noun.

Words near commissaris in the dictionary

  1. commissarial
  2. commissariat
  3. commissariats
  4. commissaries
  5. commissaries general
  6. commissaris
  7. commissars
  8. commissarship
  9. commissarships
  10. commissary
  11. commissary general

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