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resident commissioner

Noun

Meaning

the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives

Source: WordNet

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From 1892 to 1916 the Ellice Islands were administered as a British protectorate, as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT), by a Resident Commissioner based in the Gilbert Islands. Source: Internet

The jawans were having lunch at the Sadan’s executive dining hall, when Assistant Resident Commissioner (Protocol) Vijay Kayarkar, while asking them to sit in the public dining hall, allegedly misbehaved with the jawans. Source: Internet

Puerto Ricans elected Jennifer González as the island’s Resident Commissioner – a representative in Congress with no vote. Source: Internet

It was authorized a non-voting member of Congress, by the title of "Resident Commissioner," who was appointed. Source: Internet

The Ellice Islands were administered as British protectorate by a Resident Commissioner from 1892 to 1916 as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT), and then as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony from 1916 to 1974. Source: Internet

Smuts had secured the position of Resident Commissioner of Swaziland, though the British had no actual authority over the area. Source: Internet

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