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

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus