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commissioner [kəˈmɪʃənə] n
1. a person authorized to perform certain tasks or endowed with certain powers 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Government a. any of several types of civil servant b. an ombudsman See also Health Service Commissioner, Parliamentary Commissioner 3. a member of a commission commissionership n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations commissioner [kəˈmɪʃənər] n (= government official) → membre m d'une commission (= senior policeman) → préfet m (de police) Commission for Racial Equality n (British) commission pour l'égalité des races commissioning editor [kəˈmɪʃənɪŋˈɛdɪtər] n (in publishing) → responsable mf de publication (in television) → directeur/trice m/f des programmes commission of inquiry n (British) → commission f d'enquête commissioner n (= member of commission) → Ausschussmitglied nt (of police) → Polizeipräsident(in) m(f) (Jur) commissioner for oaths → Notar(in) m(f) commissioner [kəˈmɪʃənəʳ] n → membro di una commissione (Police) → questore m commissioner of police → questore m commissioner [kəˈmɪʃənəʳ] n → membro di una commissione (Police) → questore m commissioner of police → questore m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Parks said Caruso told of advice he had been given as a 24-year-old commissioner under former Mayor Tom Bradley that ``to be a good commissioner that he should follow the directions and implement the intent of the mayor, and if he couldn't do those two things it was essential that he return his commissionership back to the mayor,'' Parks said. I subsequently held two principalships, nine superintendencies in five states, and an associate state commissionership, and served as a management representative for a multinational company--16 positions in 40 years, an average of 2. David Goldstein, president of the Tax Commission and one of the six commissioners have not been reappointed, and there is also another vacant commissionership, the City Comptroller's report notes. |
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