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commissariat(dictionary)

commissariat (iou)



commissariat noun. In sense 1 usu. commissariot. L16.
[Partly from medieval Latin commissariatus, formed as COMMISSARY; partly from French commissariat: see -ATE1.]
Scots Law (now Hist.). The office, jurisdiction, or district of a commissary. L16.
A department, esp. military, for the supply of food etc.; food supplied. L18.
Hist. A government department in the USSR. E20.