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   commissariat

   /ˌkɒmɪˈsɛːrɪət/

   noun

   • 1. a department for the supply of food and equipment.
   • 2. a government department of the USSR before 1946.

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a Scots legal term denoting the jurisdiction of a commissary, often spelled commissariot): from French commissariat, reinforced by medieval Latin commissariatus, both from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge’, from Latin committere ‘entrust’.

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   What is the meaning of the name Commissariat?

   • Commissariat is also a common last name within the Parsi community. It was one of the Anglicised occupational names the Parsis adopted or acquired. It means an officer in charge of department of an army that provides daily food and supplies for soldiers.

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   What does a commissariat do?

   • A commissariat is a military department that is in charge of food supplies. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. a. b. 3. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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   What does Comissariat mean?

   • n. 1. A department of an army in charge of providing food and other supplies for the troops. 2. A food supply. 3. A major government department in the Soviet Union until 1946. [French, from Medieval Latin commissārius, agent; see commissary. Sense 3, from Russian komissariat, from French commissariat .]

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   What does commissary mean?

   • (Mil) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence . One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. "Great Destiny, the Commissary of God."

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     COMMISSARIAT meaning: 1. a military department that supplies...

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     commissariat definicja: 1. a military department that...

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     COMMISSARIAT translate: （部隊的）軍需處. Learn more in the...

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     COMMISSARIAT translate: （部队的）军需处，给养部门. Learn more in the...

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   Learn the origin, usage and examples of the word commissariat, which can mean a system for supplying an army with food, a government department in the Soviet Union, or a board of commissioners. Find out how to cite, translate and play with this word.

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   Commissariat definition: any of the major governmental divisions of the U.S.S.R.. See examples of COMMISSARIAT used in a sentence.

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   Commissariat is a noun that can mean a department of an army in charge of food and supplies, a food supply, or a major government department in the former Soviet Union. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, and translations in different languages.

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   Word Origin late 16th cent. (as a Scots legal term denoting the area of responsibility of a commissary, often spelled commissariot): from French commissariat, reinforced by medieval Latin commissariatus, both from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge’, from Latin committere ‘entrust’.

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   commissariat: 1 n a stock or supply of foods Synonyms: provender , provisions , viands , victuals Types: food cache food in a secure or hidden storage place larder a supply of food especially for a household Type of: food , nutrient any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue