commissariat
noun
- the branch of an army which provides food and supplies for the troops
- food supplies
- any of the government departments in the U.S.S.R.: since 1946, called ministry
See commissariat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kŏmˌĭ-sârˈē-ĭt)
noun- A department of an army in charge of providing food and other supplies for the troops.
- A food supply.
- A major government department in the Soviet Union until 1946.
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