commissariat

com·mis·sar·i·at  (km-sâr-t)

n.

1. A department of an army in charge of providing food and other supplies for the troops.

2. A food supply.

3. A major government department in the Soviet Union until 1946.

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[French, from Medieval Latin commissrius, agent; see commissary. Sense 3, from Russian komissariat, from French commissariat.]

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commissariat [ˌkɒmɪˈsɛərɪət]

n

1. (Historical Terms) (in the former Soviet Union) a government department before 1946 Now called ministry

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a.  a military department in charge of food supplies, equipment, etc.

b.  the offices of such a department

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) food supplies

[from New Latin commissāriātus, from Medieval Latin commissārius commissary]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

commissariat - a stock or supply of foods           provisions, viands, victuals, provender food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue food cache - food in a secure or hidden storage place larder - a supply of food especially for a household

Translations

commissariat [ˌkɒmɪˈsɛərɪət] N → comisaría f

commissariat [ˌkɒmɪˈsɛəriət] n (MILITARY) → intendance f

commissariat

n

(Mil) → Intendantur f

(in former USSR etc) → Kommissariat nt

commissariat [ˌkɒmɪˈsɛərɪət] n (in former Soviet Union) → commissariato (Mil) → commissariato militare