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high commissioner en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Any of various high-ranking officials, often diplomats.
    • The United Nations has a number of high commissioners.
  2. (Commonwealth) An ambassador of one Commonwealth country to another.
    • The British high commissioner to Canada
  3. (historical) An indirect ruler of a British protectorate or territory, equivalent to a governor in a crown colony.

Forms

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Deriveds

Lord High Commissioner

Translations (15)

ko 고등판무관 (high-ranking official) · hi उच्चायुक्त (high-ranking official) · it alto commissario (high-ranking official) · ar مُفَوَّضٌ سَامٍ (high-ranking official) · hu főbiztos (high-ranking official) · nb høykommissær (high-ranking official) · mos wokomsɛɛre (high-ranking official) · ja 高等弁務官 (high-ranking official) · ka უმაღლესი კომისარი (high-ranking official) · hu főmegbízott (high-ranking official) · hu főképviselő (high-ranking official) · sw kamishna mkuu (high-ranking official) · fr haut-commissaire (high-ranking official) · sv överkommissarie (high-ranking official) · cmn 高級專員 /高级专员 (high-ranking official)