"high commissioner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: high commissioners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} high commissioner (plural high commissioners)
  1. Any of various high-ranking officials, often diplomats. Translations (high-ranking official): 高級專員 (Chinese Mandarin), 高级专员 (gāojí zhuānyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), haut-commissaire [masculine] (French), უმაღლესი კომისარი (umaɣlesi ḳomisari) (Georgian), उच्चायुक्त (uccāyukt) [masculine] (Hindi), főbiztos (Hungarian), főmegbízott (Hungarian), főképviselő (Hungarian), alto commissario [masculine] (Italian), 高等弁務官 (kōtō benmukan) (Japanese), 고등판무관 (godeungpanmugwan) (Korean), wokomsɛɛre (Moore), høykommissær [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kamishna mkuu (Swahili), överkommissarie [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-high_commissioner-en-noun-YzLihl7o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Moore translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 21 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 13 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 21 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 12 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 37 23 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 74 11 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 74 11 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 26 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Moore translations: 56 21 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 40 26 34 Disambiguation of 'high-ranking official': 72 21 7
  2. (Commonwealth) An ambassador of one Commonwealth country to another. Tags: Commonwealth
    Sense id: en-high_commissioner-en-noun-SRzZtBVn Categories (other): Commonwealth English, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 37 23 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 26 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 40 26 34
  3. (historical) An indirect ruler of a British protectorate or territory Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-high_commissioner-en-noun-Fhpoz-1R Categories (other): Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 28 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 37 23 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 18 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 29 22 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 26 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 28 20 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 40 26 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 23 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Lord High Commissioner

Inflected forms

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