commissioner

From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius. Doublet of commissionaire. See commission.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɪʃənɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɪʃənə/

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• Hyphenation: com‧mis‧sion‧er

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 […]

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