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Word: Commissariat
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (as a Scots legal term denoting the jurisdiction of a commissary, often spelled commissariot): from French commissariat, reinforced by medieval Latin commissariatus, both from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge’, from Latin committere ‘entrust’
ˌkɒmɪˈsɛːrɪət
a department for the supply of food and equipment.
Short Definition:department for supply of food and equipment
a government department of the USSR before 1946.
Short Definition:government department of USSR before 1946
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