Commissariat

Definitions

1. A supply of food.
2. A department of an army in charge of providing food and other supplies for the troops.
3. The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
4. A food supply.
5. A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
   historical
6. A major government department in the Soviet Union until 1946.
7. A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.
8. (Historical Terms) (in the former Soviet Union) a government department before 1946. Now called: ministry
9. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. a military department in charge of food supplies, equipment, etc
10. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) food supplies
11. a major governmental division in the U.S.S.R.: called ministry after 1946.
    ministry
12. the organized method by which food, equipment, etc., is delivered to armies.
13. the department of an army charged with supplying provisions.
14. n (Mil) → Intendantur f
    n

Equivalents

Examples

“We gave such dinner-parties as our commissariat allowed; the menu was simplicity itself - " blanket " for every course, cunningly disguised as soup, entree, and, I was going to say⟳, joint.”

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