Commissariat
//ˌkɑ.mɪˈsɛr.i.ət// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a stock or supply of foods wordnet
- 3 The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
- 4 A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence. historical
- 5 A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from French commissariat.
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