Commissioner
[kə'mɪʃ(ə)nə] or [kə'mɪʃənɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a government administrator.
(noun.) a member of a commission.
Edited by Johanna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims.
(n.) An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.
Typist: Randall
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Agent.
Checked by Annabelle
Examples
- But as he came down to breakfast the following morning he was met by Miss Ellsworth, the daughter of his friend, the Commissioner of Patents. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He knows the Chief Commissioner of Police, and the Commissioner can lay his hand on the right man to solve the mystery of the Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- On inquiring for such a man Chaplain Eaton, now and for many years the very able United States Commissioner of Education, was suggested. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Halleck did not know that they had already been delivered into the hands of Major Watts, Confederate commissioner for the exchange of prisoners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was a commissioner, or a board, or a trustee, 'or something. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The model he then made is now in the museum of the Commissioner of Patents, London. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We all know--Commissioner of the Tape and Sealing Wax Office, with 1200 pounds a year for a salary. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was a Confederate commissioner at Vicksburg, authorized to make the exchange. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Where was the English Commissioner who allowed him to get away? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Commissioner of Labor, and a well-known publicist, then practicing patent law in Boston. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It informed us that he had laid hands (by help of his friend, the Commissioner) on the right man to help us. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- That the said commissioner be authorized to appoint one or more clerks, with such allowance as he may think reasonable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- By this act I was appointed one of the commissioners for disposing of the money, sixty thousand pounds. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And he had it in charge from high authority to bring about the great public-office Millennium, when Commissioners should reign upon earth. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The Commissioners had a good deal of sympathy for the prostitute's condition, but for that lust in the hearts of men, and women we may add, for that, they had no sympathetic understanding. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Hubbard was one of the Commissioners, and he obtained permission to have Bell’s first telephone placed on a small table in the Department of Education. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The opportunities for study which the Commissioners had must have made these empty spaces evident. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was on the occasion of his visit to me just after he had talked with the peace commissioners at Hampton Roads. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These gentlemen are the Commissioners of the Insolvent Court, and the place in which they sit, is the Insolvent Court itself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- How he would bother the commissioners! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The three Consuls were installed at the Luxembourg palace, with two commissioners, to reconstruct the constitution. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It then appeared that several of the commissioners had formed plans of the same kind. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Jugurtha bought over the Commissioners sent out to watch him, the Senators charged with their prosecution, and the generals in command against him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the sentence I quote the Commissioners had an idea which might have animated all their labors. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Barred from any reform which would reabsorb the impulse into civilized life, the Commissioners had no other course but to hunt it, as an outlaw. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The treaty of peace between the two countries was signed by the commissioners of each side early in February, 1848. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These were terms which could not be accepted, and the object of the commissioners could not be obtained. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Editor: Peter