Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM-MIS'SION-ER
COM-MIS'SION-EDCOM-MIS'SION-ING
COM-MIS'SION-ER, n.
A person who has a commission or warrant from proper authority, to perform some office, or execute some business, for the person or government which employs him, and gives him authority; as, commissioners for settling the bounds of a state, or for adjusting claims.
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