commissariat (redirected from commissariats)

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

Noun

a military department in charge of food supplies [Medieval Latin commissarius commissary]

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Noun

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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