commissioner

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /kəˈmɪʃənɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /kəˈmɪʃənə/

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.
   • 2018, Elena Cooper, Art and Modern Copyright: The Contested Image (page 164)

     […] the 'private nature' of commissioned pictures, particularly portraits, was frequently mentioned as the justification for two types of proposal: the ownership of painting copyright by the commissioner, or ownership of painting copyright by the artist […]

Translations

• German: Kommissionsmitglied, Kommissar
• Portuguese: comissionário, comissário
• Russian: член комиссия
• Spanish: comisionado

Translations

• French: commissaire
• German: Kommissar, Kommissarin, Beauftragter, Beauftragte
• Portuguese: comissionário, comissionado
• Russian: комисса́р

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