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| com·mis·sar·i·at [ kòmmi sérree ət ] (plural com·mis·sar·i·ats) |
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| Definition: |
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1. army army supply department: an army department responsible for organizing food and supplies
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2. army army supplies: food and other supplies given to soldiers
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3. history government former Soviet government department: a government department in the former Soviet Union before 1946
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| [Late 16th century. < assumed medieval Latin commissariatus< commissarius (see commissar)] |
