About The Word Commissary

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Commissary

Commissary Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Commissary?
[n] a retail store that sells equipment and provisions to military personnel
[n] a snack bar in a film studio Synonyms | Synonyms for Commissary: Related Terms | Find terms related to Commissary: abundance | accumulation | amassment | backlog | budget | canned foods | canteen | caterer | chandler | collection | commissar | commissariat | commissionaire | commissioner | cornucopia | cumulation | dehydrated foods | delegate | donor | dump | emissary | envoy | food supply | fresh foods | frozen foods | furnisher | groceries | grocery | heap | herald | hoard | inventory | larder | legate | manciple | mass | material | materials | materiel | merchant | messenger | minister | munitions | patron | pile | plenitude | plenty | post exchange | provender | provider | provisioner | provisionment | provisions | purveyor | PX | quartermaster | rations | repertoire | repertory | retailer | rick | secretary | stack | steward | stock | stock clerk | stock-in-trade | stockpile | store | storekeeper | stores | supplier | supplies | supply on hand | sutler | treasure | treasury | victualer | vivandier See Also | buffet | canteen | post exchange | slop chest | small stores | snack bar | snack counter Commissary In Webster's Dictionary \Com"mis*sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Commissaries}. [LL.
commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to
commit, intrust to. See {Commit}.]
1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by
a superior power; a commissioner.
Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne.
2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a
distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe.
3. (Mil.)
(a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the
commissary of musters.
(b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a
body of troops or a military post; -- officially
called {commissary of subsistence}. [U. S.]
Washington wrote to the President of Congress .
. . urging the appointment of a commissary
general, a quartermaster general, a commissary
of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W.
Irving
{Commissary general}, an officer in charge of some special
department of army service; as:
(a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and
transport department, or of the ordnance store
department. [Eng.]
(b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.]
{Commissary general of subsistence} (Mil. U. S.), the head of
the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase
and issue of provisions for the army.
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