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COMMISSIONER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A government administrator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("commissioner" is a kind of...):

administrator; executive (someone who manages a government agency or department)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commissioner"):

bank commissioner (a commissioner appointed to supervise banks; a state superintendent of banks)

housing commissioner (a commissioner in charge of public housing)

park commissioner (a commissioner in charge of public parks)

police commissioner (a civil commissioner appointed to supervise the duties and discipline of the police)

Derivation:

commission (the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions)

commission (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something)

commission (charge with a task)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a commission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("commissioner" is a kind of...):

fellow member; member (one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization))

Holonyms ("commissioner" is a member of...):

commission; committee (a special group delegated to consider some matter)

Derivation:

commission (a special group delegated to consider some matter)

commission (a group of representatives or delegates)

Credits