COMMISSARIAT
\kɒmɪsˈe͡əɹɪˌat], \kɒmɪsˈeəɹɪˌat], \k_ɒ_m_ɪ_s_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ__ˌa_t]\
Definitions of COMMISSARIAT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The department of an army that furnishes provisions, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The department which is charged with the furnishing of provisions, as for an army: the body of officers in that department: the office of a commissary.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An army department supplying food and other necessaries; also, military supplies.
By James Champlin Fernald
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