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com·mis·sar·y 
[kom-uh-ser-ee] Pronunciation Key
[kom-uh-ser-ee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -sar·ies.
| 1. | a store that sells food and supplies to the personnel or workers in a military post, mining camp, lumber camp, or the like. |
| 2. | a dining room or cafeteria, esp. one in a motion-picture studio. |
| 3. | a person to whom some responsibility or role is delegated by a superior power; a deputy. |
| 4. | (in France) a police official, usually just below the police chief in rank. |
| 5. | commissar. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| com·mis·sar·y
(kŏm'ĭ-sěr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. com·mis·sar·ies
[Middle English commissarie, agent, from Medieval Latin commissārius, from Latin commissus, entrusted; see commission.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
commissary
commissary
1362, "one to whom special duty is entrusted by a higher power," from M.L. commissarius, from L. commissus "entrusted," pp. of committere (see commit). Originally ecclesiastical, the military sense of "official in charge of supply of food, stores, transport" dates to 1489.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| commissary | |
noun | |
| 1. | a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) |
| 2. | a snack bar in a film studio |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Commissary
Com"mis*sa*ry\, n.; pl. Commissaries. [LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See Commit.]1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne. 2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe. 3. (Mil.) (a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters. (b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.] Washington wrote to the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W. Irving Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special department of army service; as: (a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and transport department, or of the ordnance store department. [Eng.] (b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.] Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase and issue of provisions for the army.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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