commissioner

Universal Words noun 1 (usually Commissioner) a member of a COMMISSION (= an official group of people who are responsible for controlling sth or finding out about sth): the Church Commissioners (= the group of people responsible for controlling the financial affairs of the Church of England) * European Commissioners 2 (also police commissioner especially in AmE) the head of a particular police force in some countries: the Metropolitan Police Commissioner (= in London) 3 the head of a government department in some countries: the agriculture / health commissioner * Commissioner Rhodes was unavailable for comment. seealsoHIGHCOMMISSIONER 4 (in the US) an official chosen by a sports association to control it: the baseball commissioner