commissioner
Americannoun
-
a person commissioned to act officially; member of a commission.
-
a government official or representative in charge of a department or district.
the police commissioner; the commissioner of a colony.
-
an official chosen by an athletic association to exercise broad administrative or judicial authority.
the baseball commissioner.
noun
-
a person authorized to perform certain tasks or endowed with certain powers
-
government
-
any of several types of civil servant
-
an ombudsman See also Health Service Commissioner Parliamentary Commissioner
-
-
a member of a commission
Other Word Forms
- commissionership noun
- subcommissioner noun
- subcommissionership noun
Etymology
Origin of commissioner
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French. See commission, -er 2
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But this season, attempts to climb in the draft by plummeting in the standings have become so obvious and cynical that league commissioner Adam Silver insists that it’s time for the league to take action.
Emails alleging violations started arriving to City Section commissioner Vicky Lagos before the semifinals.
From Los Angeles Times
On May 1, the city’s buildings commissioner called Wyatt and told him the season’s first party—planned for that night—couldn’t happen.
Joseph Grundfest, a former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, recently warned that signals from prediction market bets “can put your own military at greater risk.”
Some blame the section commissioners for supposedly having a bias in favor of the powerhouses to make money off them.
From Los Angeles Times
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
