Associations to the word «Commissariat»

Wiktionary

COMMISSARIAT, noun. A supply of food.
COMMISSARIAT, noun. The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
COMMISSARIAT, noun. (historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
COMMISSARIAT, noun. A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.

Dictionary definition

COMMISSARIAT, noun. A stock or supply of foods.

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