commissariatnoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌkɒm.ɪˈseə.ri.ət/us/ˌkɑː.məˈser.i.ət/a military department that supplies food and equipment
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Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
- bomb squad
- command
- contingent
- corps
- division
- divisional
- general staff
- guard of honour
- infantry
- military policeman
- platoon
- regiment
- reinforcement
- reserve
- squad
- ta
- task force
- the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- the military police
- the Territorial Army
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Examples from literature
- Get out a skirmish line, nominate our spies, bolster up our defences, set a watch, court-martial the prisoners, and look into the commissariat.
- He also contracted to supply the commissariat, which he did with advantage to the army and profit to himself.
- I want the commissariat properly organized.
- In his youth he had been a contractor to supply mules for the use of the Roman commissariat.
- The commissariat wagons had come up in the night, and rations were served out to the troops and breakfast prepared.