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/haɪ kəmˈɪʃənər/ Listen

High commissioner

noun

A senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank.

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"High commissioner" Quotes from Famous Books

... The High Commissioner was received with flattering distinction at Adrianople. He of course presented himself first to the Grand Vizier, Kalil Pacha, of whom the reader may take note, since, aside from his reappearances in these pages, he ...

— The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 2 • Lew. Wallace

... proposals relating to arbitration were formulated by Mr. Reitz, State Secretary to the Pretoria Government. He began by proving that he could put into people's mouths words which had never been uttered by them. He declared that "at the Bloemfontein Conference the High Commissioner was personally favourable to the settlement by arbitration of all the differences between the two Governments." Sir Alfred Milner had been careful not to go so ...

— Boer Politics • Yves Guyot

... the annual subsidies the country received, and defined India's responsibilities in defense and foreign relations. A refugee issue of some 100,000 Bhutanese in Nepal remains unresolved; 90% of the refugees are housed in seven United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) camps. Maoist Assamese separatists from India, who have established themselves in the southeast portion of Bhutan, ...

— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government

Words linked to "High commissioner" : diplomat, diplomatist