Associations to the word «Commissar»

Wiktionary

COMMISSAR, noun. An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible for political education.
COMMISSAR, noun. In the Soviet Union, the head of a commissariat.

Dictionary definition

COMMISSAR, noun. An official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats