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Variant of commissary

commissary Definition

com·mis·sary (käm′ə ser′ē)

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

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commissaries Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • other: He, even more than the other Commissaries, is always at work.