— commissarial /kom'i sair"ee euhl/ , adj.
/kom"euh ser'ee/ , n. , pl. commissaries .
1. a store that sells food and supplies to the personnel or workers in a military post, mining camp, lumber camp, or the like.
2. a dining room or cafeteria, esp. one in a motion-picture studio.
3. a person to whom some responsibility or role is delegated by a superior power; a deputy.
4. (in France) a police official, usually just below the police chief in rank.
5. commissar.
[ 1350-1400; ME commissarie ( commissarius, equiv. to L commiss ( us ) (ptp. of committere to COMMIT) + -arius -ARY ]