commissioner

English

Etymology

From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius. Doublet of commissionaire. See commission.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɪʃənɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɪʃənə/
Audio (UK) (file)
Hyphenation: com‧mis‧sion‧er

Noun

commissioner (plural commissioners)

A member of a commission.
Someone commissioned to perform certain duties.
An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.
Someone who commissions something.
- 2018, Elena Cooper, Art and Modern Copyright: The Contested Image (page 164)
  […] 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 […]

Derived terms

commissionerate
commissioneress
commissionership
subcommissioner

Compound words and expressions

European Commissioner
high commissioner
police commissioner

Translations

member of a commission

Armenian: հանձնաժողովի անդամ (hanjnažołovi andam)
Bulgarian: комисар m (komisar)
Catalan: comissionat m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 委員／委员 (zh) (wěiyuán)
Czech: komisař (cs) m
Danish: kommissær (da)
Dutch: commissaris (nl) m
Finnish: komissaari (fi)
Georgian: კომისარი (ḳomisari)
German: Kommissionsmitglied (de) n, Kommissar (de) m
Greek: επίτροπος (el) (epítropos)
Hindi: कमिश्नर (hi) m (kamiśnar), आयुक्त (hi) m (āyukt)
Hungarian: bizottsági tag
Maori: kaikōmihana, mema kōmihana
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kommissær m
Nynorsk: kommissær m
Persian: کمیسر‎ (fa) (komiser)
Portuguese: comissionário m, comissário (pt) m
Russian: член коми́ссии m (člen komíssii)
Spanish: comisionado (es) m
Swahili: kamishna (sw)
Swedish: kommissionär (sv) c, kommissarie (sv) c, kommissionsledamot c
Tagalog: kalupon
Turkish: komiser (tr)

someone commissioned to perform certain duties — See also translations at assignee

Arabic: مُفَوَّض‎ m (mufawwaḍ), مُفَوَّضَة‎ f (mufawwaḍa)
Armenian: հանձնակատար (hy) (hanjnakatar), կոմիսար (hy) (komisar)
Bulgarian: представител (bg) m (predstavitel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 專員／专员 (zh) (zhuānyuán), 政委 (zh) (zhèngwěi)
Danish: kommissær (da)
Dutch: gevolmachtigde (nl) m
Estonian: erivolinik
French: commissaire (fr) m or f
Georgian: კომისარი (ḳomisari), წარმომადგენელი (c̣armomadgeneli)
German: Kommissar (de) m, Kommissarin (de) f, Beauftragter (de) m, Beauftragte (de) f
Hindi: कमिश्नर (hi) m (kamiśnar), आयुक्त (hi) m (āyukt)
Hungarian: megbízott (hu), biztos (hu)
Manx: barrantagh m
Maori: toihau, kaikōmihana
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kommissær m
Nynorsk: kommissær m
Persian: کمیسر‎ (fa) (komiser)
Portuguese: comissionário m, comissionado m
Russian: комисса́р (ru) m (komissár), представи́тель (ru) m (predstavítelʹ), представи́тельница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica), уполномо́ченный (ru) m (upolnomóčennyj), уполномо́ченная (ru) f (upolnomóčennaja)
Spanish: notario (es) m, notaria (es) f
Swahili: kamishna (sw)
Welsh: comisiynydd m

Anagrams

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