commissar
commissar
Definition
com·mis·sar (käm′ə sär′)
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
Etymology: Russ komissar < ML commissarius: see commissary
commissar
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- war: As commissar of war led the Red Army to defeat the Entente in their invasion of Soviet Russia.
- army: The chief political commissar of the 60th Army reported 17,000 liberated prisoners; he saw " endless human masses " of released prisoners.
- government: He is appointed the Commissar of the American Government in the Baltic Provinces of Russia.
Converse of object
- become: Wolff now assumed command of the battalion and John Gates became battalion commissar.
- include: He asked to call witnesses, including those Bolshevik commissars who were supposed to be keeping an eye on him.
- attach: There is a GPU commissar attached to each unit, and the commanding officer has to bow to him.
- appoint: He is appointed the Commissar of the American Government in the Baltic Provinces of Russia.
- have: Each battalion had a political commissar, and the companies had, as we have said, political delegates.
- capture: He contends, however, that no captured Commissars were shot by troops under his command.
Preposition: for
- nationality: After the October Revolution Stalin was elected to the post of commissar for nationalities.
Adjective modifier
- Soviet: A plan to eliminate Soviet commissars was in the directive for " Case Barbarossa " .
- political: Good teachers object to being turned into political commissars.
- Russian: I believe that my age and appearance could well appear that I was a Russian commissar or something.
- first: Stalin -- ironically the Bolshevik's first commissar of nationalities -- was more guilty than most of reviving old tsarist ways.
- deputy: He was appointed ambassador to the U.S. , 1941-43, and deputy commissar of foreign affairs, 1943-46.
Noun used with modifier
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