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Commissariat

//ˌkɑ.mɪˈsɛr.i.ət// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A supply of food.

    "We gave such dinner-parties as our commissariat allowed; the menu was simplicity itself - " blanket " for every course, cunningly disguised as soup, entree, and, I was going to say, joint."

  2. 2
    a stock or supply of foods wordnet
  3. 3
    The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
  4. 4
    A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence. historical
  5. 5
    A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.

Etymology

Borrowed from French commissariat.

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