noun pl. commissaries -·sar′·ies

1. a person to whom some duty is given by authority; deputy; specif.,
   1. in France, a police official
   2. a person representing a bishop in a part of his diocese
2. Obsolete an army officer in charge of providing soldiers with food and other supplies
3. food supplies
4. ☆ a store, as in a lumber camp or army camp, where food and supplies can be obtained
5. ☆ a restaurant in a film or television studio

Etymology: ME commissarie < ML commissarius < L commissus, pp. of committere: see commit