- (usually Commissioner)a member of a commission (= an official group of people who are responsible for controlling something or finding out about something)
- the Church Commissioners (= the group of people responsible for controlling the financial affairs of the Church of England)
- European Commissioners
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- assistant
- deputy
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- commissioner for
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- (also police commissioner especially in North American English)the head of a particular police force in some countriesTopics Law and justicec2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- high
- assistant
- deputy
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- commissioner for
- the head of a government department in some countries
- the agriculture/health, etc. commissioner
- Commissioner Rhodes was unavailable for comment.
- The Economic Affairs Commissioner, Albert Johnson, resigned over the issue.
- The merger has been referred to the European Competition Commissioner.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- assistant
- deputy
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- commissioner for
- (in the US) an official chosen by a sports association to control it
- the baseball commissioner
- a commissioner for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- assistant
- deputy
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- commissioner for
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio, from committere ‘entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.
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