Definition of Commissioners

1. Noun. (plural of commissioner) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Commissioners

1. commissioner [n] - See also: commissioner

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commissioners

commissary
commissaryship
commissaryships
commission
commission de bene esse
commission on professional and hospital activities
commission plan
commissionaire
commissionaires
commissioned
commissioned military officer
commissioned naval officer
commissioned officer
commissioned officers
commissioner
commissioners (current term)
commissionership
commissionerships
commissioning
commissionnaire
commissionnaires
commissions
commissionship
commissionships
commissive
commissive mood
commissive moods
commissives
commissura
commissura alba

Literary usage of Commissioners

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"That the State of Delaware had given similar powers to their commissioners, with this difference only, that the act to be framed in virtue of these powers ..."

2. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1908)
"Reports From Local Highway commissioners. Probably no better conception of the existing road conditions and difficulties with which the local commissioners ..."

3. The Lancet (1842)
"A MINUTE of the Poor-law commissioners upon the admissibility of Scotch and Irish ... We need scarcely say that we agree with the commissioners that " the ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The following five commissioners were not in attendance: von ... The following commissioners have presented resignations, and the commission recommends that ..."

5. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1879)
"In pursuance of this agreement, commissioners were appointed, who were to meet at New Castle to commence operations. Lord Baltimore, who had now arrived in ..."

6. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"The said commissioners shall serve for a period of three years from the date of their appointment, except the commissioners first appointed, ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Scott Eldon (1827)
"Whether that will lie or the pro- Whether a ceeding can go farther, if the commissioners state upon Mandamus to their oath, that they had reason to doubt, ..."

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