commissar
noun
- the head of any of the former commissariats in the U.S.S.R.: in 1946, title changed to minister
- a representative of the government or communist party in the U.S.S.R., responsible for political orientation, esp. in a military unit
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(kŏmˈĭ-särˌ)
nouna. An official of the Communist Party in charge of political indoctrination and the enforcement of party loyalty.
b. The head of a commissariat in the Soviet Union until 1946.
- A person who tries to control public opinion.
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