Etymology

commissaire

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Today it means: The judge of a bicycle race. Full definition →

French commissaire
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  1. French · borrowed fromcommissaire
  2. French · borrowed fromcommissaire
  3. English todaycommissaire

Borrowed from French commissaire. Doublet of commissary and commissar.

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