n.
Pronunciation: ' kä-m ə - ˌ sär
Function: noun
Etymology: Russian komissar, from German Kommissar, from Medieval Latin commissarius
Date: 1918
1 a : a Communist party official assigned to a military unit to teach party principles and policies and to ensure party loyalty b : one that attempts to control public opinion or its expression
2 : the head of a government department in the U.S.S.R. until 1946
– com · mis · sar · i · al \ ˌ kä-m ə - ' sär- ē - ə l, - ' ser- \ adjective