commissaris
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch commissaris.
Noun[edit]
commissaris
- (non-native speakers' English, chiefly used by Dutch speakers) commissioner
- 2003, Janwillem van de Wetering, Death of a Hawker, Soho Press, →ISBN, page 192:
- He was sitting in a low leather chair, close to the window of the commissaris's office […]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch commissarijs, from Medieval Latin commissārius.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
commissaris m (plural commissarissen, diminutive commissarisje n)
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: kommissaris
- → Caribbean Hindustani: komsáras
- → Indonesian: komisaris
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