2. Noun. (chiefly in combination) An assistant to a chef ¹
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Definition of Commis
1. an agent [n COMMIS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commis
Literary usage of Commis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications (1853)
"commis. " Why did you not have your children baptized? ... commis. " Why were
you so well satisfied with Abraham and Sicke, and not with Doume? ..."
2. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1896)
"The annual salaries to be paid to the commis- ^j""^ sioners herein provided for
shall be in full for all services rendered by them to the city and county of ..."
3. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence (1855)
"... these acts arc confirmed by the definitive sentence of the tribunals which it
has appointed to determine the validity of captures in war. commis- ° , ,, ..."
4. A General Treatise on the Principles and Practice by which Courts of Equity by John Eykyn Hovenden (1825)
"<•• i. , • i where the execu- • 1*1 -i1 i. i • ii 'las proved a When a creditor
has proved, under a commis- A creditor who sion of bankrupt, a debt, ..."
5. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"The insulting conditions demanded by Great Britain of the American commis- oners
sent to treat for peace, roused anew the war spirit of the middle and ..."
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