A commissioner is an important official in a government department or other organization.
...the European Commissioner for External Affairs.
...police commissioner.
As baseball commissioner, Chandler was instrumental in making Jackie Robinson thefirst black player in the major leagues.
2. See also High Commissioner
commissioner in British English
(kəˈmɪʃənə)
noun
1.
a person authorized to perform certain tasks or endowed with certain powers
2. government
a.
any of several types of civil servant
b.
an ombudsman
See also Health Service Commissioner, Parliamentary Commissioner
3.
a member of a commission
Derived forms
commissionership (comˈmissionerˌship)
noun
commissioner in American English
(kəˈmɪʃənər)
noun
1.
a person authorized to do certain things by a commission or warrant
2.
a member of a commission (sense 7)
3.
an official in charge of a certain government bureau, commission, departmental office, etc.
4.
an official appointed to administer a territory, province, etc.
5. US
a person selected to regulate and control a professional sport or an association of amateur athletic teams
Derived forms
commissionership (comˈmissionerˌship)
noun
Examples of 'commissioner' in a sentence
commissioner
Also, my friend Mr Bristol, the police commissioner, told me last night that you posted the bond for Gerald Milner.
Goldsborough, Robert MURDER IN E MINOR (1999)
`The deputy commissioner would like a word in his office, please, sir.
Parkes, Roger RIOT (1999)
He pressed his fingers to the bridge of his nose, hearing his mother's voice this time instead of the commissioner 's.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips LADY BE GOOD (1999)
In other languages
commissioner
British English: commissioner NOUN
A commissioner is an important official in a government department or other organization.
…the commissioner of education.
American English: commissioner
Brazilian Portuguese: comissário
Chinese: > 重要官员政府部门等的
European Spanish: comisario
French: commissaire
German: Kommissionsmitglied
Italian: commissario
Japanese: 長官
Korean: 행정 장관
European Portuguese: comissário
Latin American Spanish: comisario
All related terms of 'commissioner'
fire commissioner
the senior or officer at state or provincial level in charge of fire prevention and fire safety
high commissioner
A High Commissioner is a senior representative who is sent by one Commonwealth country to live in another in order to work as an ambassador.
county commissioner
a member of an elected governing board in the counties of certain states of the U.S.
resident commissioner
the representative of Puerto Rico in the US House of Representatives. He or she may speak but has no vote
Parliamentary Commissioner
a commissioner who acts as independent referee between individual citizens and their government or its administration
commissioner for oaths
a solicitor authorized to authenticate oaths on sworn statements
Lord High Commissioner
the Queen's representative
commissioner of education
(in the US) the head of a state's education department
Health Service Commissioner
(in Britain) the official name for an ombudsman who investigates personal complaints of injustice or hardship resulting from the failure , absence , or maladministration of a service for which a Regional or District Health Authority or Family Practitioner Committee is responsible, after other attempts to obtain redress have failed
Commissioner for Local Administration
(in Britain) the official name for a local ombudsman who investigates personal complaints of maladministration by police , water, or local authorities, referred through a local-government councillor , and who can require the offending authority to state its intention to make redress
Commissioner of Official Languages
(in Canada ) the ombudsman for English and French bilingualism in the federal government
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
a commissioner who acts as independent referee between individual citizens and their government or its administration
ombudsman
The ombudsman is an independent official who has been appointed to investigate complaints that people make against the government or public organizations.
ombudsmen
a commissioner who acts as independent referee between individual citizens and their government or its administration