How do you use the word "commissioner" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "commissioner": It wasn't me, commissioner! It wasn't I, commissioner!

Commissioner Meaning

/kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nə/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA member of a commission.

nounOne who commissions something.

Sentence Examples

It wasn't me, commissioner!

It wasn't I, commissioner!

What's going on, commissioner? Are you seeing ghosts?

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ announced new recycling rules at the press conference this morning.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The police ____ held a press conference to update the public.

Word Origin & History

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 *-āzijos 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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[…] 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 […]" — 2018, Elena Cooper, Art and Modern Copyright: The Contested Image, page 164:

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