commissarnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkɒm.ɪˈsɑːr/us/ˈkɑː.mə.sɑːr/(in the Soviet Union until 1946) the official title of the head of a government department, or an official responsible for political education, especially in a military group
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Government ministers & civil servants
- aide
- am
- attorney general
- backbencher
- cabinet
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- government
- Home Secretary
- kitchen cabinet
- mandarin
- marshal
- minister
- public servant
- regulator
- secretary
- Secretary of State
- senior statesman
- servant
- the Privy Council
- Whitehall
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Examples from literature
- Like Lenin, he surrounded himself with commissars, having absolute authority.
- The commissar shouted: "What, still alive!" and fired two more point-blank shots at the prostrate man.