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Webster 1913 Edition
Commissariat
Comˊmis-sa′ri-at
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[F.
commissariat
.] (Mil.)
(a)
The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.
(b)
The body of officers charged with such service.
Definition 2024
commissariat
commissariat
English
Noun
commissariat (plural commissariats)
- A supply of food.
- The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
- (historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
- A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.
Translations
a department of the government of the Soviet Union
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
commissariat m (plural commissariats)
Synonyms
(police station): commissariat de police