commissariat
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- noun
- /ˌkɒmɪˈsɛrɪət/
- Archaic
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comisaría
- The inadequacy of the port officials, employees of the General Commissariat for Emigration, in carrying out their job of monitoring and protecting emigrants in transit in the port of Genoa was pointed out, often with disapproval, by the central authorities of the Commissariat.
Examples
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Both the State Department and the Soviet People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs in Moscow were in continuous communication on this issue with their respective embassies.
Academic text (2007) -
She steals army food from the commissariat and distributes it in the village.
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Put me through to the Vichy Commissariat of Police.
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I have examined the aviation program proposed by the Supreme Command and sent it directly to the General Commissariat for the Air Force.
Academic text (2010) -
James Langley Dalton, Acting Assistant Commissary, Army Commissariat Department.
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The General Commissariat for the Air Force was created by royal decree no. 1813 on 1 November 1917 and was located at the Arms and Ordnance Ministry.
Academic text (2010) -
Officials' corruption and inefficient facilities in the port and on board ship were a constant in what has been described as the "much-opposed life" of the General Commissariat for Emigration.
Academic text (1993) -
But I spent most of three days at the police commissariat trying to convince the commandant that I was a harmless traveler, not a white mercenary hired to help the Tuaregs.
Academic text (2002) -
The soldiers relied on the commissariat for regular supplies of food and equipment.
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During the military operation, the commissariat ensured that all troops received their necessary rations.
Synonyms
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A person or company that supplies food and goods to a large group, often an army
A government office that supplied food to navy ships in the past
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Etymology
The word commissariat shares its root with commissary and commission, based on the idea 'to entrust' someone with a task. That's why a commissariat is the department or office 'entrusted' to provide food, equipment, and other supplies to soldiers or police.