## Meanings
1. An official who heads a government department or public body, such as a police force.
2. A member of an official committee or commission.
3. A person who officially asks for and pays for a piece of work, such as a painting.

## Examples
- The police commissioner held a press conference about the rising crime rate.
- She served as a commissioner on the city planning board for six years.
- As the commissioner of the portrait, he chose to keep the copyright for himself.

## Derived Forms
- commissionerate
- commissioneress
- commissionership
- subcommissioner

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: commissioner
- Root: commissionaire
- Root: commissiōnārius

## Etymology
From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius. Doublet of commissionaire. See commission.

## AI Etymology
Commissioner is from Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius. Doublet of commissionaire. See commission. Important recorded forms include commissioner (Middle English), commissionaire (xno), and commissiōnārius (la-med). Current senses include an official who heads a government department or public body, such as a police force, a member of an official committee or commission, and a person who officially asks for and pays for a piece of work, such as a painting. The wider family includes derived forms such as commissionerate, commissioneress, commissionership, and subcommissioner.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Law & Government
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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