Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In French law, a person appointed by another to represent him in a transaction of any kind.
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- noun obsolete A
deputy orclerk of a foreign official - noun An
assistant to achef
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BTW, the word verification is "commis" -- I hope that's not a comment on the perceived politics of Veterinary-Americans.
Crazy Cat 1 Dinosaur 2008
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The Sac a commis is the growth of high dry situations, and invariably in a piney country or on it's borders. it is generally found in the open piney woodland as on the Western side of the Rocky mountain but in this neighbourhood we find it only in the praries or on their borders in the more open woodlands;
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904
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The Sac-a commis is the groth of high dry Situations, and invariably in
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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He may public buildings and grounds, shall be known as the commis -
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The Greylock reserva - tion commission, established by chapter five hundred and forty-three of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety - eight, in this and the following section called the commis - sion, shall continue to serve as an unpaid commission, consisting of three persons, all of whom shall be residents of the county of Berkshire.
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The Sac a commis is the growth of high dry situations, and invariably in a piney country or on it's borders. it is generally found in the open piney woodland as on the Western side of the Rocky mountain but in this neighbourhood we find it only in the praries or on their borders in the more open wood lands; a very rich soil is not absolutely necessary, as a meager one frequently produces it abundantly. the natives on this side of the Rockey mountains who can procure this berry invariably use it; to me it is a very tasteless and insippid fruit. this shrub is an evergreen, the leaves retain their virdure most perfectly through the winter even in the most rigid climate as on lake
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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Linschoten was "commis" on board, a post which included both the employment of supercargo and that of owners 'commissioner.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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Lord Weymouth very civilly sent Mr. Wood, his first 'commis', to tell me that the King very willingly gave you leave of absence from your post for
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Lord Weymouth very civilly sent Mr. Wood, his first 'commis', to tell me that the King very willingly gave you leave of absence from your post for
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1766-71 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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His boss there used to joke that 'commis' chef meant a communist who cooks.
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chained_bear commented on the word commis
"Nicolas Freeling's The Kitchen takes place in the late 1940s Grand Hotels in France. Describing his rise from lowly commis to chef, the author creates lovingly detailed portraits of chefs, sauciers, grillardins, entremetiers, pâtissiers, and commis."
—Anthony Bourdain, The Nasty Bits (New York: Bloomsbury, 2006), 97
March 25, 2009