'Commissioner' definitions:
Definition of 'commissioner'
(from WordNet)
noun
A government administrator
noun
A member of a commission
Definition of 'Commissioner'
From: GCIDE
- Commissioner \Com*mis"sion*er\, n.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service. [1913 Webster]
- Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are subordinates of the secretary of the interior. --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'commissioner'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alderman,
- archon,
- bailie,
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- bound bailiff,
- burghermaster,
- burgomaster,
- cabinet member,
- cabinet minister,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- chancellor,
- chief of police,
- city councilman,
- city father,
- city manager,
- commissar,
- commissary,
- commissionaire,
- constable,
- councillor,
- councilman,
- councilwoman,
- county commissioner,
- county supervisor,
- delegate,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- elder,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- fed,
- federal,
- flic,
- G-man,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- headman,
- herald,
- induna,
- inspector,
- legate,
- legislator,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- lord mayor,
- mace-bearer,
- magistrate,
- maire,
- marshal,
- mayor,
- messenger,
- minister,
- minister of state,
- mounted policeman,
- MP,
- narc,
- officer,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- portreeve,
- reeve,
- roundsman,
- secretary,
- secretary of state,
- selectman,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- sheriff,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- syndic,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- trooper,
- undersecretary,
- warden