Commissar

//ˈkɑ.məˌsɑɹ//

Synonyms for "commissar" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

absolute monarch absolute ruler alderman all-powerful ruler archon arrogator autarch autocrat bailie burghermaster burgomaster cabinet member cabinet minister caesar

Strong matches (21)

Related words (35)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

2 entries

functionary official

derived

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commissarial commissariat political commissar

has context

2 entries

historical soviet union

is a

1 entries

official

related to

5 entries

commissariat communist party early official soviet union

Translations

57 translations across 42 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

կոմիսար noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Azerbaijani

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komissar noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Belarusian

2 entries

каміса́р noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
каміса́рка noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Bulgarian

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комиса́р noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Chinese Cantonese

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政委 noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Chinese Mandarin

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委員 /委员 noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
政委 noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Crimean Tatar

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komissar noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Czech

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komisař noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
komisařka noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Danish

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kommissær noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Estonian

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komissar noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Finnish

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komissaari noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

French

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commissaire noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Georgian

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კომისარი noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

German

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Kommissar noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
Kommissarin noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Hungarian

4 entries

komisszár noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
komisszárius noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
kormánybiztos noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
népbiztos noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Indonesian

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komisar noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
komisaris noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Iranian Persian

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کُمیسار noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Italian

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commissaria noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
commissario noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Japanese

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コミッサール noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
委員 noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Kazakh

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комиссар noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Korean

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위원 noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
인민 위원 noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
코미사르 noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Kyrgyz

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комиссар noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Latvian

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komisārs noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Lithuanian

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komisaras noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Macedonian

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комеса́р noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Marathi

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कॉमिसार noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Mongolian

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комиссар noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Norwegian Bokmål

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kommissær noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Polish

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komisarz noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Romanian

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comisar noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Russian

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комисса́р noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Serbo-Croatian

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komèsār noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
комѐса̄р noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Slovak

1 entries

komisár noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Slovene

1 entries

komisar noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Swedish

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kommissarie noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Tajik

1 entries

комиссар noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Tatar

1 entries

комиссар noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Turkish

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komiser noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Turkmen

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komissar noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Ukrainian

2 entries

коміса́р noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
коміса́рка noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Uyghur

2 entries

كومىسسار noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)
ژېڭۋېي noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Uzbek

1 entries

komissar noun ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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In this house, a political commissar died yesterday.

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The commissar interrogated him.

Source: tatoeba (10725715)

The commissar interrogated her.

Source: tatoeba (10725716)

They greeted the new commissar.

Source: tatoeba (13723401)

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