Synonyms for commissioner

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh-mish-uh-ner

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmɪʃ ə nər

Définition of commissioner

Origin : early 15c., "one appointed by a commission," from Anglo-French commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissionarius, from commissionem (see commission (n.)). Meaning "member of a commission" is from 1530s.

noun agent

Example sentences :

He was a commissioner, or a board, or a trustee, 'or something.'
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

He was also commissioner of insolvents during 1837 and 1838.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

The commissioner now proceeded to his own affairs, and to the business of his visit.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

During the same year he was made Supreme Court Commissioner.
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various

It is not my fault; I am fit for nothing but a commissioner.
Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat

If there's likely to be a riot let the Commissioner get his warrant—Heigho!
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

It was an exclamation of satisfaction from the Commissioner.
Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini

He began as a fool, and has ended as a Poor Law Commissioner!'
Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

The average annual salary in the commissioner districts is $322.49.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

Came in the suite of his Excellency Tseng the Commissioner—you know.
Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad

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