单词 | commissary |
释义 | commissary From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Military, Food Armycommissarycom‧mis‧sa‧ry /ˈkɒməsəri $ ˈkɑːməseri/ noun (plural commissaries) [countable]1 British EnglishPMA an officer in the army who is in charge of food supplies2 American EnglishPM a shop that supplies food and other goods in a military camp3 American EnglishDFTBB a place where you can eat in a large organization such as a film studio, factory etcExamples from the Corpuscommissary• The salads and sandwiches are prepared at a central commissary.• A special commissary, Egidius, was sent by the pope to keep an eye on Conrad.• As he wrote the commissary in 1752, he had no ambition to Presbyterianize the colony.Origin commissary (1300-1400) Medieval Latin commissarius, from Latin commissus; → COMMISSION1 |
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