/kəˈmɪʃənə/
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Translation
An important official who is in charge of a police force or a public service.
Word origin
From commission, from Latin committere, meaning to entrust something to someone.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- committere
- English cognates
- commission, commit
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcommissioners
Examples
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A police commissioner is the head of the police, above the officers.
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Here "commissioner" is a job title, so it has no "the" before it.
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"Commissioners" is the plural, meaning more than one commissioner.
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