Associations to the word «Commissary»

Wiktionary

COMMISSARY, noun. A store primarily serving soldiers.
COMMISSARY, noun. A cafeteria at a movie studio.
COMMISSARY, noun. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
COMMISSARY, noun. An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.

Dictionary definition

COMMISSARY, noun. A retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel).
COMMISSARY, noun. A snack bar in a film studio.

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