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Meanings of high commissioner in English

Russian
верховный комиссар
Catalan
alt comissionat
Spanish
alta comisionada

Position; the senior diplomat in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another.

Related terms
верховный комиссар
Usage of high commissioner in English
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Australia last week announcement the appointment of a new high commissioner also.
Radio NZ
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The French high commissioner is yet to comment on the latest developments.
Radio NZ
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Two months after Fiji's 2014 election, New Zealand reinstated its high commissioner.
Radio NZ
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The office of the UN high commissioner for refugees welcomed Canada's decision.
The Guardian
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Diplomat Jonathan Schwass has been appointed New Zealand's high commissioner to Vanuatu.
Radio NZ
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Mr Downer was serving as the Australian high commissioner to the UK.
News.com.au
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My mood lifted, however, when I saw the British high commissioner.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
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Pakistan last week expelled the Indian high commissioner and halted trade.
The Guardian
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The British high commissioner praised the response of the Indian police to the attacks.
The Guardian
10
The reception for the British high commissioner, however, had ambition.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
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Mr McCully says the appointment of a high commissioner is a logical next step.
Radio NZ
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Read: SA's high commissioner to Singapore a convicted drug smuggler.
The South African
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After Radamacher and Justice sat down, the high commissioner etc.
Cauldron of Ghosts
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The Australian high commissioner, Alexander Downer, tells the team they cannot lose to England.
The Guardian
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His Royal Highness Prince Pu Lun, imperial high commissioner; Sir Robert Hart, Bart., G.C.M.G.
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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You will, of course, go as high commissioner, with full powers to represent me.
At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
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