commissioner
noun
com·mis·sion·er
kə-ˈmi-sh(ə-)nər 
: a person with a commission: such as
a
: a member of a commission
b
: the representative of the governmental authority in a district, province, or other unit often having both judicial and administrative powers
c
: the officer in charge of a department or bureau of the public service
d
: the administrative head of a professional sport
Examples of commissioner in a Sentence
The baseball commissioner decided to suspend the players for 10 games.
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The former commissioner is believed to have received the first of three $5,000 payments from supermarket owner Jorge Negrin two weeks after Martinez’s Aug. 30, 2016, election victory.
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
Image At a news conference on Saturday evening, the police commissioner, Edward A. Caban, said law enforcement had not received any credible threats to the parade.
—Erin Nolan, New York Times, 2 June 2024
And county commissioners already added more than $10 million in spending at their budget meeting Thursday, bringing the total to more than $129.7 million.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2024
But the first changes start with the ethics commission charter amendment — upgrades that commissioners themselves have embraced.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
Image At a news conference on Saturday evening, the police commissioner, Edward A. Caban, said law enforcement had not received any credible threats to the parade.
—Erin Nolan, New York Times, 2 June 2024
And county commissioners already added more than $10 million in spending at their budget meeting Thursday, bringing the total to more than $129.7 million.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2024
But the first changes start with the ethics commission charter amendment — upgrades that commissioners themselves have embraced.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
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commissioner
noun
com·mis·sion·er
kə-ˈmish-(ə-)nər
1
: a member of a commission
2
: an official in charge of a government department
Police Commissioner
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