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commissaire

/kɔ.mi.sɛʁ/

noun, masculine/feminine/kɔ.mi.sɛʁ/plural: commissaires

commissaire is masculine or feminine depending on context in French.

commissioner; chief of police, head of police, superintendent

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius, from Latin commissiō.