commissaire

/ (ˌkɒmɪˈsɛə) /

(in professional cycle racing) a referee who travels in an open-topped car with the riders to witness any infringement of the rules

Word Origin for commissaire

from French: see commissary

The commissaire proceeded, with a hasty hand, as if he wished to get the work quickly over, to ransack drawers and boxes.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 |Various
Just as Andre fell, a commissaire had rushed forward and seized a woman.

The Champdoce Mystery |Emile Gaboriau
I was waked by the commissaire, who entered my room with the keys.

Paris: With Pen and Pencil |David W. Bartlett
A grin on the face of the commissaire, a very sarcastic curl of the lip, a shrug of the shoulders, an ominous silence.

The Galaxy, June 1877 |Various

For when the Commissaire pounced upon the name, she at once modified her words.

At the Villa Rose |A. E. W. Mason