high commissioner
noun
: a principal or a high-ranking commissioner
especially
: an ambassadorial representative of the government of one country stationed in another
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Brodin may have the chance, as the Swedish government announced him as its candidate to become the new United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) last Monday.
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Peter Vanham, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee, a government agency, released a letter addressed to the U.N. high commissioner for human rights claiming that the two soldiers had been tortured and denied medical care.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
Ties between the two countries continued to worsen and in October, India expelled Canadian diplomats and withdrew its high commissioner and other officials from Canada.
—Rajesh Roy, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Nor is there any appetite in the international community to see India weaponize water, says Seema Ilahi Baloch, a former Pakistani high commissioner in Sri Lanka, because the move could open up countless similar conflicts worldwide.
—Hasan Ali, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2025
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Peter Vanham, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee, a government agency, released a letter addressed to the U.N. high commissioner for human rights claiming that the two soldiers had been tortured and denied medical care.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
Ties between the two countries continued to worsen and in October, India expelled Canadian diplomats and withdrew its high commissioner and other officials from Canada.
—Rajesh Roy, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Nor is there any appetite in the international community to see India weaponize water, says Seema Ilahi Baloch, a former Pakistani high commissioner in Sri Lanka, because the move could open up countless similar conflicts worldwide.
—Hasan Ali, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2025
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“High commissioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20commissioner. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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