commissioner
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commissioner¹
- /kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nə/ UK
- /kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪʃənə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius. Doublet of commissionaire. By surface analysis, commission + -er.
noun commissioners
- One who commissions something. […] the 'private nature' of commissioned pictures, particularly portraits, was frequently mentioned as the justification for two types of proposal: the ownership of painting copyright by the commissioner, or ownership of painting copyright by the artist […]
- One commissioned to perform certain duties.
- A member of a commission.
- An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.
Commissioner²
noun Commissioners
- Alternative form of European Commissioner
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: administrator, commission, secretary, commissionaire, paymaster, superintendent, director-general, auditor, officer, captain, deputy, committee, ombudsman, delegate, reeve, president
Translations
Every language
noun member of a commission
| Español | comisionado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 委員 /委员 wěiyuán |
| हिन्दी | कमिश्नर kamiśnar, आयुक्त āyukt |
| Kiswahili | kamishna |
| Português | comissionário, comissário |
| Deutsch | Kommissionsmitglied, Kommissar |
| Italiano | commissario |
| Ελληνικά | επίτροπος epítropos |
| Русский | член коми́ссии člen komíssii |
noun one who commissions something
| Italiano | committente |
|---|
noun someone commissioned to perform certain duties — see also assignee
| Español | notario, notaria |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 專員 /专员 zhuānyuán, 政委 zhèngwěi |
| हिन्दी | कमिश्नर kamiśnar, आयुक्त āyukt |
| Kiswahili | kamishna |
| Português | comissionário, comissionado |
| Français | commissaire |
| Deutsch | Kommissar, Kommissarin, Beauftragter, Beauftragte |
| Italiano | commissario |
| Русский | комисса́р komissár, представи́тель predstavítelʹ, представи́тельница predstavítelʹnica, уполномо́ченный upolnomóčennyj, уполномо́ченная upolnomóčennaja |
| العربية | مُفَوَّض mufawwaḍ, مُفَوَّضَة mufawwaḍa |
Talk about this word "commissioner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/commissioner. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. commissioner. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/commissioner "commissioner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/commissioner.Cite this
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title = {commissioner},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/commissioner},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
