school commissioner†

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

a member of a school board.

Quotations

1841

It behoves the inhabitants of the various Townships to watch carefully who they may appoint as School Commissioners.

1845

I cannot too earnestly exhort the School Commissioners . . . to take steps immediately to profit by this aid. . . .