— commissionership , n.
/keuh mish"euh neuhr/ , n.
1. a person commissioned to act officially; member of a commission.
2. a government official or representative in charge of a department or district: the police commissioner; the commissioner of a colony.
3. an official chosen by an athletic association to exercise broad administrative or judicial authority: the baseball commissioner.
[ 1400-50; late ME 2 ]