Commissariat Definition

kŏmĭ-sârē-ĭt
noun
The branch of an army which provides food and supplies for the troops.
Webster's New World
Food supplies.
Webster's New World
Any of the government departments in the U.S.S.R.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Commissariat

Noun

Singular:
commissariat
Plural:
commissariats

Origin of Commissariat

  • French from Medieval Latin commissārius agent commissary Sense 3, from Russian komissariat from French commissariat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French.

    From Wiktionary

Commissariat Sentence Examples

  • Every day, letters of inquiry and notices from the court arrived, and on the first of May, Denisov was ordered to hand the squadron over to the next in seniority and appear before the staff of his division to explain his violence at the commissariat office.

  • Just then a commissariat soldier, a hospital orderly, came in from the next room, marching stiffly, and drew up in front of Rostov.

  • He seemed to try to forget that old life and was only interested in the affair with the commissariat officers.

  • In it was the petition to the Emperor drawn up by the auditor, in which Denisov, without alluding to the offenses of the commissariat officials, simply asked for pardon.

  • A third officer, who by his accent was a Pole, disputed with the commissariat officer, arguing that he was mistaken in his identification of the different wards of Moscow.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

Words Ending With

TATIAT

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Words Starting With C and Ending With T

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