commissioner
Other forms: commissioners
The noun commissioner refers to someone in charge of a formal group or organization, such as a police commissioner or a baseball commissioner.
As you might guess, commissioner is related to commission, which describes a group that carries out a particular function. Commissioner can describe an official who directs or regulates a commission, or it can be that person's title. For example, if Theodore Young is the housing commissioner, in formal situations you’d refer to him as Commissioner Young.
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a member of a commissiontype of:fellow member, memberone of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
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a government administratortypes:bank commissionera commissioner appointed to supervise banks; a state superintendent of bankshousing commissionera commissioner in charge of public housingpark commissionera commissioner in charge of public parkspolice commissionera civil commissioner appointed to supervise the duties and discipline of the policetype of:
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Vocabulary lists containing commissioner
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