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resident commissioner

noun

Definition of RESIDENT COMMISSIONER

1
:  a nonvoting representative of a dependency in the United States House of Representatives
2
:  a resident administrator in a British colony or possession
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First Known Use of RESIDENT COMMISSIONER

1902

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