"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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 21 32 Disambiguation of 'high-ranking official': 72 20 8
  2. (Commonwealth) An ambassador of one Commonwealth country to another. Tags: Commonwealth
    Sense id: en-high_commissioner-en-noun-SRzZtBVn Categories (other): Commonwealth English
  3. (historical) An indirect ruler of a British protectorate or territory Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-high_commissioner-en-noun-Fhpoz-1R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Lord High Commissioner

Inflected forms

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