Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lord high commissioner

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
lord high- -com-mis-sion-er
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, the representative of the Scottish (later British) monarch to the separate government of Scotland appointed intermittently between 1603 and 1707.

name

The Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, the representative of the British monarch appointed intermittently between 1815 and 1864.

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Synonyms

The fifth estate

Questions

What does lord high commissioner mean?
The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the representative of the Scottish (later British) monarch to the established church of Scotland appointed annually since 1690.

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