A person commissioned to act as representative by a superior authority; a deputy, a delegate. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical.
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| 释义 | society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one to whom a commission is given (13) commissary1395 A person commissioned to act as representative by a superior authority; a deputy, a delegate. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical. commissioner1414 A person appointed or delegated to carry out a particular task, such as a judicial or other investigation, the negotiation of a treaty, etc.; a… committee1472 A person to whom some task, duty, or office is entrusted or delegated; a person commissioned or appointed to do something. Obsolete except as in… commissionar1496 A person appointed or delegated by commission to carry out a particular task; = commissioner, n. 1. commissionary1555 A commissary (in various senses). Also: a commissioner. commis1573 Esp. in France or French-speaking countries: a deputy, an assistant; a clerk, frequently in the fur trade (now historical). commissionaire1641 = commissioner, n. 1 2. Obsolete. commissionee1647 A person to whom a commission is given (in various senses of the noun); (now) esp. a person commissioned to produce a particular work. commissaire1791 = commissary, n.1 (in various senses). commendatary1852 gen. One put in charge, a commissioner. commish1871 = commissioner, n. (in various senses). Subcategories:— position of (1) — one of a body of (1) |
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