COMMISSAR


Meaning of COMMISSAR in English

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

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