COMMISSAR


Meaning of COMMISSAR in English

noun Etymology: Russian komissar, from German Kommissar, from Medieval Latin ~ius Date: 1918 1. a Communist party official assigned to a military unit to teach party principles and policies and to ensure party loyalty, one that attempts to control public opinion or its expression, the head of a government department in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1946, ~ial adjective

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