resident commissioner

res·i·dent com·mis·sion·er

R r

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rez-i-duh nt kuh-mish-uh-ner]
- /ˈrɛz ɪ dənt kəˈmɪʃ ə nər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rez-i-duh nt kuh-mish-uh-ner]
- /ˈrɛz ɪ dənt kəˈmɪʃ ə nər/

Definitions of resident commissioner words

noun resident commissioner a representative from a dependency, as Guam or Puerto Rico, who is entitled to speak, but not to vote, in the U.S. House of Representatives. 1
noun resident commissioner the representative of Puerto Rico in the US House of Representatives. He or she may speak but has no vote 0
noun resident commissioner a nonvoting representative, of a U.S. dependency, to the House of Representatives 0

See all 3 definitions of resident commissioner

Information block about the term

Origin of resident commissioner

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Resident commissioner

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Resident commissioner

resident commissioner popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

resident commissioner usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Matching words

Was this page helpful?

Yes No

Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page

Tell us why?