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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The Air India emergency landing in Canada comes as tensions rise between the two countries after Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, on Monday.
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Helen Regan, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was expelling the Indian high commissioner and the others – all persons of interest, as Canada’s foreign minister said police had uncovered evidence of a worsening campaign against Canadian citizens by agents of the Indian government.
—Rob Gillies, Aijaz Hussain, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was expelling the Indian high commissioner and the others—all persons of interest, as Canada's foreign minister said police had uncovered evidence of a worsening campaign against Canadian citizens by agents of the Indian government.
—Rob Gillies, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024
News of the extension came one day after the United Nations’ high commissioner for refugees visited Afghanistan and urged Pakistan to extend the POR cards.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 11 July 2024
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Helen Regan, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was expelling the Indian high commissioner and the others – all persons of interest, as Canada’s foreign minister said police had uncovered evidence of a worsening campaign against Canadian citizens by agents of the Indian government.
—Rob Gillies, Aijaz Hussain, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was expelling the Indian high commissioner and the others—all persons of interest, as Canada's foreign minister said police had uncovered evidence of a worsening campaign against Canadian citizens by agents of the Indian government.
—Rob Gillies, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024
News of the extension came one day after the United Nations’ high commissioner for refugees visited Afghanistan and urged Pakistan to extend the POR cards.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 11 July 2024
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“High commissioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20commissioner. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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