High Commissioner
noun [C] GOVERNMENTDefinition
› someone whose job is to be the main person representing one Commonwealth country in another Commonwealth country, or to be in charge of a High Commission: He was issued with a new passport by the British High Commissioner and allowed to return to the UK.
(Definition of High Commissioner noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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