Bible Dictionaries
Commissioner

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.

(2):

(n.) A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Commissioner'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/commissioner.html. 1828.