different between commissioner vs quinquevir

English

Etymology

From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissi?n?rius. Doublet of commissionaire. See commission.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??m???n?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??m???n?/
• Hyphenation: com?mis?sion?er

Noun

commissioner (plural commissioners)

1. A member of a commission.
2. Someone commissioned to perform certain duties.
3. An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.
4. Someone who commissions something.
   • 2018, Elena Cooper, Art and Modern Copyright: The Contested Image (page 164)

     […] the 'private nature' of commissioned pictures, particularly portraits, was frequently mentioned as the justification for two types of proposal: the ownership of painting copyright by the commissioner, or ownership of painting copyright by the artist […]

Derived terms

• commissioneress

Translations

Anagrams

• recommission

English

Etymology

From Latin qu?nquevir

Noun

quinquevir (plural quinquevirs or quinqueviri)

1. One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.

Related terms

• quinqueviral
• quinquevirate

Latin

Etymology

From qu?nque (“five”) + vir (“man”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?i?n.k?e.u?ir/, [?k?i??k??u??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kwin.kwe.vir/, [?kwi?kw?vir]

Noun

qu?nquevir m (genitive qu?nquevir?); second declension

1. (especially in plural) quinquevir

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).

References

• quinquevir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quinquevir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette