commissary
noun
com·mis·sary ˈkä-mə-ˌser-ē 
-ˌse-rē
plural commissaries
1
: one delegated by a superior to execute a duty or an office
2
a
: a store for equipment and provisions
especially : a supermarket for military personnel
b
: food supplies
c
: a lunchroom especially in a motion-picture studio
commissarial
ˌkä-mə-ˈsär-ē-əl
adjective -ˈser-
Synonyms
- agent
- assignee
- attorney
- delegate
- deputy
- envoy
- factor
- minister
- procurator
- proxy
- rep
- representative
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Example Sentences
will serve as commissary of religious education for the whole diocese
Recent Examples on the Web The two also hope to open a physical cafe at their commissary, Sugar Space, later this summer. 
Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Feb. 2022 In those days, Condé Nast was located at 350 Madison Avenue, and 44 was our commissary. Amy Fine Collins, Town & Country, 28 Jan. 2022 The county launched an investigation in January after the associate warden, Jennifer Frame, received an anonymous tip that correction officers were stealing and giving away food and toiletries from the commissary. cleveland, 1 July 2022 Starvation and poor-quality food send prisoners flocking to the commissary to purchase food with the money their family sends or with the small sums earned through work. Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2022 Noah Jacob, a Portlander who left a career in finance to help launch San Francisco’s popular Wise Sons deli, can already be found downtown most days, overseeing a team baking challah and cold-smoking fish at the former KitchenCru commissary. oregonlive, 12 July 2022 In pricey New York City, Everytable has opened a commissary in a former Pfizer industrial building in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn and transports the meals to its various outposts. Gary Stern, Forbes, 6 July 2022 The closure could jeopardize the vendors’ ability to operate above board — in order to get a health permit, vendors are required to rent a space in a commissary for their carts or trucks. Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 Bexar County Jail’s commissary raked in over $42.6 million in sales over the course of 15 months on hundreds of products ranging from a 13-inch TV to a one-cent stamp. Ryan Serpico, San Antonio Express-News, 8 June 2022 See More
Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Feb. 2022 In those days, Condé Nast was located at 350 Madison Avenue, and 44 was our commissary. Amy Fine Collins, Town & Country, 28 Jan. 2022 The county launched an investigation in January after the associate warden, Jennifer Frame, received an anonymous tip that correction officers were stealing and giving away food and toiletries from the commissary. cleveland, 1 July 2022 Starvation and poor-quality food send prisoners flocking to the commissary to purchase food with the money their family sends or with the small sums earned through work. Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2022 Noah Jacob, a Portlander who left a career in finance to help launch San Francisco’s popular Wise Sons deli, can already be found downtown most days, overseeing a team baking challah and cold-smoking fish at the former KitchenCru commissary. oregonlive, 12 July 2022 In pricey New York City, Everytable has opened a commissary in a former Pfizer industrial building in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn and transports the meals to its various outposts. Gary Stern, Forbes, 6 July 2022 The closure could jeopardize the vendors’ ability to operate above board — in order to get a health permit, vendors are required to rent a space in a commissary for their carts or trucks. Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 Bexar County Jail’s commissary raked in over $42.6 million in sales over the course of 15 months on hundreds of products ranging from a 13-inch TV to a one-cent stamp. Ryan Serpico, San Antonio Express-News, 8 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English commissarie, borrowed from Anglo-French commissaire, commissarie, borrowed from Medieval Latin commissārius, from Latin commissus (past participle of committere "to join together, engage, place in the keeping of, entrust, bring about") + -ārius -ary entry 1 — more at commit
First Known Use
1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1
commissary
noun
as in deputy
a person who acts or does business for another will serve as commissary of religious education for the whole diocese Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- deputy
- delegate
- representative
- agent
- manager
- attorney
- minister
- rep
- ambassador
- proxy
- procurator
- envoy
- assignee
- distributor
- factor
- spokesperson
- substitute
- foreign minister
- spokesman
- replacement
- surrogate
- diplomat
- alternate
- liaison
- operative
- sub
- plenipotentiary
- spy
- diplomatist
- legate
- informer
- broker
- emissary
- relief
- speaker
- backup
- understudy
- intermediary
- stand-in
- pinch hitter
- middleman
- point man
- arbiter
- arbitrator
- mediator
- intercessor
- conciliator
- comprador
- compradore
- mouthpiece
- peacemaker
- point person
- prophet
- interposer
- go-between