COMMISSARIAT


Meaning of COMMISSARIAT in English

n. 1 esp. Mil. a a department for the supply of food etc. b the food supplied. 2 hist. a government department of the USSR before 1946.

[ F commissariat & med.L commissariatus (as COMMISSARY) ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.