high commissioner

English

Noun

high commissioner (plural high commissioners)

1. Any of various high-ranking officials, often diplomats.

   The United Nations has a number of high commissioners.

2. (Commonwealth) An ambassador of one Commonwealth country to another.

   The British high commissioner to Canada

3. (historical) An indirect ruler of a British protectorate or territory

Derived terms

• Lord High Commissioner

Translations

high-ranking official

• Arabic: مُفَوَّضٌ سَامٍ m (mufawwaḍun sāmin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高級專員 / 高级专员 (zh) (gāojí zhuānyuán)

• French: haut-commissaire (fr) m
• Georgian: უმაღლესი კომისარი (umaɣlesi ḳomisari)
• Hindi: उच्चायुक्त m (uccāyukt)
• Hungarian: főbiztos (hu), főmegbízott (hu), főképviselő (hu)
• Italian: alto commissario m
• Japanese: 高等弁務官 (kōtō benmukan)
• Korean: 고등판무관 (godeungpanmugwan)
• Moore: wokomsɛɛre
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: høykommissær m

• Swahili: kamishna mkuu
• Swedish: överkommissarie (sv) c