com|mis|sar|i|at

com|mis|sar|i|at
com|mis|sar|i|at «KOM uh SAIR ee at», noun.
1. a) the department of an army that provides food and daily supplies for soldiers. b) the officers in charge of such a department.
2. a food supply.
3. any government department in the former Soviet Union.
[< French commissariat < Medieval Latin commissarius; see etym. under commissary (Cf.commissary)]

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