commissioner

CEFRC1

/kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An official in charge of a department or organization.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A member of a commission.

Examples

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

  • It wasn't me, commissioner!

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One commissioned to perform certain duties.

  2. One who commissions something.

  3. An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.

More examples

In context

  • It wasn't I, commissioner!

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Origin

noun

From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius. Doublet of commissionaire. By surface analysis, commission + -er.