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high commissioner

n. a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank

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High Commissioner

High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.

The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.

High Commissioner (Commonwealth)

In the Commonwealth of Nations, a High Commissioner is the senior diplomat (generally ranking as an ambassador) in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another. Instead of an embassy, the diplomatic mission is generally called a high commission.

Usage examples of "high commissioner".

If you think I'd go to the high commissioner and betray your plans to him, you're mistaken.

Nevertheless the Companion of the Arena spoke courteously enough to the High Commissioner of Imperial Terra.

Before their marriage she had lived the diplomatic life in London as private secretary to the Australian High Commissioner.

He went over to the telephone booth and got through to the High Commissioner's Office.

Crusher remembered one or two humans that could pull off the same trick, most notably the High Commissioner from Dalraydy, Sri Janda.

The Gendarmes were supposed to uphold League regulations on the less-developed worlds which had a Liaison Officer instead of a League High Commissioner.

I am not sure they will appreciate the way you address a High Commissioner.

No copy of it went to the High Commissioner in Cape Town nor to Gladstone's Government in Whitehall, for it promised the volunteers a share of Lobengula's land and cattle and treasures.

He was in Cape Town the day the new High Commissioner arrived from England.