commissioner
noun
com·mis·sion·er
kə-ˈmi-sh(ə-)nər 
: a person with a commission: such as
a
: a member of a commission
b
: the representative of the governmental authority in a district, province, or other unit often having both judicial and administrative powers
c
: the officer in charge of a department or bureau of the public service
d
: the administrative head of a professional sport
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The baseball commissioner decided to suspend the players for 10 games.
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Serving a county of some 572,000, each ACHD commissioners would have to campaign to around 10 times as many people as a typical state legislator.
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Mark Dee
april 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2026
In appointing Cardona, who also served as Connecticut’s education commissioner and as an administrator and teacher in Meriden’s public school system, Lamont is dedicating high-profile manpower to the effort.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
Last year, Melanie Krause, the former acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, resigned as that agency entered into a data-sharing agreement with ICE that has since been blocked by federal courts.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
The family home has been sequestered and investigators are now searching the premises for traces of the powerful poison, according to Marco Graziano, vice police commissioner at Campobasso police.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
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Mark Dee
april 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2026
In appointing Cardona, who also served as Connecticut’s education commissioner and as an administrator and teacher in Meriden’s public school system, Lamont is dedicating high-profile manpower to the effort.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
Last year, Melanie Krause, the former acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, resigned as that agency entered into a data-sharing agreement with ICE that has since been blocked by federal courts.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
The family home has been sequestered and investigators are now searching the premises for traces of the powerful poison, according to Marco Graziano, vice police commissioner at Campobasso police.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Commissioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commissioner. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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commissioner
noun
com·mis·sion·er
kə-ˈmish-(ə-)nər
1
: a member of a commission
2
: an official in charge of a government department
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