commissaris

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noun

commissioner

Scrabble 17

Meanings

noun
  1. non-native speakers' Englishcommissioner

    He was sitting in a low leather chair, close to the window of the commissaris's office […]

    2003, Janwillem van de Wetering, Death of a Hawker, Soho Press, →ISBN, page 192

Origin

  1. Dutchcommissaris
  2. Englishcommissaris

From Dutch commissaris.

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APA

commissaris. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissaris

MLA

“commissaris.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissaris. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commissaris,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissaris.

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