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commissioner

/kəˈmɪʃənə/kuh-MIH-shuh-nur
/kəˈmɪʃənɚ/kuh-MIH-shuh-nur

Meaningone who holds a commission

Common meaning: an official in charge of a department

Journey through time

  1. Latincommissionemsource
  2. Frenchcommissionsource
  3. Englishcommission‘a task given’
  4. Englishformed in English from commissioncommissioner‘an official in charge of a department’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from commission + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COMMISSION, p.124 · scan

Source words

  • commissionem Latin · source word “a putting together, a charge”

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