English Explanatory Dictionary

commissioner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who commissions something.
  2. One commissioned to perform certain duties.
  3. A member of a commission.
  4. An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.
noun
  1. Alternative form of European Commissioner.

Pronunciation

/kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nə/ /kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nəɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commissioner.wav

Word forms

commissioner commissioners

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin committō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commissiō Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Medieval Latin commissiōnāriusder. Anglo-Norman commissionairebor. Middle English commissioner English commissioner From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius. Doublet of commissionaire. By surface analysis, commission + -er.

Related words

Comm'r

Derived words

commissionerate Commissioner-designate commissioneress Commissioners Creek commissionership esafety commissioner e-safety commissioner European Commissioner high commissioner King's commissioner Lord High Commissioner police commissioner Queen's commissioner subcommissioner

Translations

Armenian: հանձնաժողովի անդամ Bulgarian: комиса́р Catalan: comissionat Chinese Mandarin: 委員 /委员 Czech: komisař Danish: kommissær Dutch: commissaris Finnish: komissaari Georgian: კომისარი German: Kommissionsmitglied German: Kommissar Greek: επίτροπος Hindi: कमिश्नर Hindi: आयुक्त Hungarian: bizottsági tag Italian: commissario Māori: kaikōmihana Māori: mema kōmihana Norwegian Bokmål: kommissær Norwegian Nynorsk: kommissær Iranian Persian: کُمیسِر Portuguese: comissionário Portuguese: comissário Russian: член коми́ссии Spanish: comisionado Swahili: kamishna Swedish: kommissionär Swedish: kommissarie Swedish: kommissionsledamot Tagalog: kalupon Turkish: komiser
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