Commissioner

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1):

(n.) An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.

(2):

(n.) A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

a gloss rendering (1 Maccabees 2:25) for ἀνήρ, man, i.e. officer.

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