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commissioner

Syllables: com·mis·sion·er/kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nə/US/kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nəɹ/

commissioner noun: one who commissions something.

Noun (1)

commissioner (plural commissioners)

  1. One who commissions something.
    • […] the 'private nature' of commissioned pictures, particularly portraits, was frequently mentioned as the justification for two types of proposal: the ownership of painting copyright by the commissioner, or ownership of painting copyright by the artist […]2018, Elena Cooper, Art and Modern Copyright: The Contested Image, page 164
  2. One commissioned to perform certain duties.
  3. A member of a commission.
    1. An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.

Noun (2) capitalized: Commissioner

Commissioner (plural Commissioners)

  1. (European-Union, alternative) Alternative form of European Commissioner.

commissioner meaning in Hindi, Tagalog and Arabic

commissioner in Hindi

member of a commission
कमिश्नर kamiśnar, आयुक्त āyukt
someone commissioned to perform certain duties — see also assignee
कमिश्नर kamiśnar, आयुक्त āyukt

commissioner in Tagalog

member of a commission
kalupon

commissioner in Arabic

someone commissioned to perform certain duties — see also assignee
مُفَوَّض mufawwaḍ, مُفَوَّضَة mufawwaḍa

Examples of commissioner in a sentence

  • My commissioners pay half of the price upfront and the other half after they receive the finished product.
  • The United Nations has a number of high commissioners.
  • Typically, at least one commissioner might fail the test (three failed the last go around).

All 40 example sentences with commissioner

Forms of commissioner

pluralcommissioners
pluralCommissioners

Plural of commissioner: commissioners

Origin of commissioner

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

Words formed from commissioner

Questions about commissioner

What does commissioner mean?
Commissioner means one who commissions something.
What is commissioner in Hindi?
Commissioner in Hindi is कमिश्नर (kamiśnar), आयुक्त (āyukt). See Commissioner meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is commissioner?
Commissioner is a noun.
How do you pronounce commissioner?
Commissioner is pronounced /kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nə/ (UK).
What is the plural of commissioner?
The plural of commissioner is commissioners.

Words near commissioner in the dictionary

  1. commissioned
  2. commissioned officer
  3. commissioned officers
  4. commissionee
  5. commissionees
  6. commissioner
  7. commissioner of oaths
  8. Commissioner-designate
  9. commissionerate
  10. commissionerates
  11. commissioneress

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