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commissaire

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nounfemininemasculine
  1. commissioner
  2. chief of police, head of police, superintendent

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  • Le commissaire parut éprouver quelque inquiétude.The Commissioner seemed to have some concern.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • Voici la substance de la réponse que les commissaires anglais firent aux propositions des envoyés du Canada.This is the substance of the English Commissioners' response to the proposals of the envoys of Canada.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
  • — Votre nom? demanda le commissaire.- What's your name? asked the commissioner.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • Deux autres institutions que le pays dut peut-être au génie de Colbert, mais dont le principe ne lui profita pas, furent celle des commissaires pour juger les petites causes; et celle des syndics des habitations.Two other institutions that the country may have owed to Colbert's genius, but whose principle did not benefit him, were that of the commissioners to judge the small cases; and that of the trustees of the houses.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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