commissioner (redirected from commissionership)

com·mis·sion·er  (k-msh-nr)

n. Abbr. Com. or Comr.

1. A member of a commission.

2. A person authorized by a commission to perform certain duties.

3. A governmental official in charge of a department: a police commissioner.

4. Sports An official selected by an athletic association or league to exercise administrative or regulatory powers over it: a baseball commissioner.

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com·mission·er·ship n.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	commissioner - a government administrator administrator, executive - someone who manages a government agency or department 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
	2.	commissioner - a member of a commission commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle fellow member, member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"

Translations

commissioner [kəˈmɪʃənəʳ] N (= official) → comisario/a m/f; (= member of commission) → comisionado/a m/f
commissioner for oaths (Brit) → notario/a m/f público/a
commissioner of police → inspector(a) m/f jefe de policía

commissioner [kəˈmɪʃ^ənə^r] 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 [kəˈmɪʃ^ənɪŋˈɛdɪtə^r] 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