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
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