Lord High Commissioner

proper noun

The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the representative of the Scottish (later British) monarch to the established church of Scotland appointed annually since 1690.

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The fifth estate
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Meanings

proper nounLord High Commissioner (plural Lord High Commissioners)

plural Lord High Commissioners

  1. The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the representative of the Scottish (later British) monarch to the established church of Scotland appointed annually since 1690.
  2. historicalThe Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, the representative of the Scottish (later British) monarch to the separate government of Scotland appointed intermittently between 1603 and 1707.

    Synonyms: The fifth estate

  3. historicalThe Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, the representative of the British monarch appointed intermittently between 1815 and 1864.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, the representative of the Scottish (later British) monarch to the separate government of Scotland appointed intermittently between 1603 and 1707.

Similar
The fifth estate
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Lord High Commissioner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lord%20High%20Commissioner

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lord High Commissioner,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lord%20High%20Commissioner.

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