high commission
noun
1
: a group of persons delegated supreme authority and responsibility for the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust
the Allied High Commission for Germany
2
: the office or jurisdiction of a high commissioner
the Western Pacific high commission includes the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
Martin Wight
Martin Wight
Word History
First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above
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