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How are the Big Tex Choice Awards competitors selected?
To be eligible to participate in the Big Tex Choice Awards, commissionaires must operate at the State Fair for a minimum of one fair cycle.—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 3 July 2025 See the grandiose steps, ornate lampposts, art deco doors, unchanged from the days when a commissionaire was on guard to welcome the players into the Marble Halls.—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Word History
Etymology
earlier, "person charged with or seeking a commission (as a messenger or porter)," borrowed from French, going back to Middle French commissionerecommissioner
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