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commissionership

commissionership noun: the role or office of commissioner.

Noun

commissionership (plural commissionerships)

  1. The role or office of commissioner.
    • When he retired, he called his commissionership “the greatest job in the world; you’re always visiting wonderful places.”2008 February 23, Dennis Hevesi, “Orin Lehman, 88, Parks Steward, Dies”, in New York Times

Forms of commissionership

pluralcommissionerships

Origin of commissionership

From commissioner + -ship.

Questions about commissionership

What does commissionership mean?
Commissionership means the role or office of commissioner.
What part of speech is commissionership?
Commissionership is a noun.
What is the plural of commissionership?
The plural of commissionership is commissionerships.

Words near commissionership in the dictionary

  1. commissioneresses
  2. commissioners
  3. Commissioners Creek
  4. commissioners of oaths
  5. Commissioners-designate
  6. commissionership
  7. commissionerships
  8. commissioning
  9. commissioning editor
  10. commissioning editors
  11. commissionings

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