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commissar

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com·mis·sar  (km-sär)
n.
1.
a. An official of the Communist Party in charge of political indoctrination and the enforcement of party loyalty.
b. The head of a commissariat in the Soviet Union until 1946.
2. A person who tries to control public opinion.

[Russian komissar, from German Kommissar, deputy, from Medieval Latin commissrius, agent; see commissary.]

commissar
Noun
formerly, an official responsible for political education in Communist countries
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Noun1.commissar - an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office


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