transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkä-mə-ˌsär ]
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 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1946
• com·mis·sar·i·al ˌkä-mə-ˈsär-ē-əl, -ˈser- adjective