COMMISSIONER
\kəmˈɪʃənə], \kəmˈɪʃənə], \k_ə_m_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n_ə]\
Definitions of COMMISSIONER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A person holding authority under a commission, or warrant; an officer in charge of some department of the public service; one of a body governing a political unit, as a city, county, or township, under public authority.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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