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Definitions for commissariat
ˌkɒm əˈsɛər i ətcom·mis·sari·at

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victualsnoun

    a stock or supply of foods

Wiktionary

  1. commissariatnoun

    A supply of food.

  2. commissariatnoun

    The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.

  3. commissariatnoun

    A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.

Wikipedia

  1. Commissariat

    A commissariat is a department or organization commanded by a commissary or by a corps of commissaries. In many countries, commissary is a police rank. In those countries, a commissariat is a police station commanded by a commissary. In some armies, commissaries are logistic officers. In those countries, a commissariat is a department charged with the provision of supplies, both food and forage, for the troops. The supply of military stores such as ammunition is not included in the duties of a commissariat. In almost every army the duties of transport and supply are performed by the same corps of departmental troops.

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  1. commissariat

    A commissariat is a department or organization that is responsible for supplying food, equipment, and other provisions to military troops, police forces, or other groups. It can also refer to a government department responsible for the administration of justice or finance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Commissariatnoun

    the organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries

  2. Commissariatnoun

    the body of officers charged with such service

  3. Etymology: [F. commissariat.]

Wikidata

  1. Commissariat

    A commissariat is the department of an army charged with the provision of supplies, both food and forage, for the troops. The supply of military stores such as ammunition is not included in the duties of a commissariat. In almost every army the duties of transport and supply are performed by the same corps of departmental troops. An officer of a commissariat is called a Commissary.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. commissariat

    The department of supplies to the army.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. commissariat

    A name given to the organized system whereby armies are provided with food and daily necessaries. In the old Roman armies the duty of supplying troops was performed by the quæstors, who filled the place of the commissary officers of our own times. In the U. S. service this department is under charge of an officer of the rank of brigadier-general, called the commissary-general of subsistence.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of commissariat in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of commissariat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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