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Webster 1913 Edition


Commissioner

Com-mis′sion-er

,
Noun.
1.
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
.
To another address which requested that a commission might be sent to examine into the state of things in Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and desired the Commons to name the
commissioners
.
Macaulay.
2.
An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.
Herbert was first
commissioner
of the Admiralty.
Macaulay.
The
commissioner
of patents, the
commissioner
of the land office, the
commissioner
of Indian affairs, are subordinates of the secretary of the interior.
Bartlett.
Commissioner of deeds
,
an officer having authority to take affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc., for use in the State by which he is appointed.
[U. S.]
County commissioners
,
certain administrative officers in some of the States, invested by local laws with various powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial matters, etc., of the county.
[U. S.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Commissioner

COMMISSIONER

,
Noun.
A person who has a commission or warrant from proper authority, to perform some office, or execute some business, for the person or government which employs him, and gives him authority; as commissoners for settling the bounds of a state, or for adjusting claims.

Definition 2024


commissioner

commissioner

English

Noun

commissioner (plural commissioners)

  1. A member of a commission.
  2. Someone commissioned to perform certain duties.
  3. An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.
  4. Someone who commissions something

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