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com·mis·sary \ˈkäməˌserē, -ri\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English commissarie, from Medieval Latin commissarius one to whom something is entrusted, from Latin commissus, past participle of committere to entrust + -arius -ary — more at commit 1. a. : an officer in the Church of England with spiritual or ecclesiastical jurisdiction who represents a bishop in an especially distant part of the diocese or who performs the bishop's duties in his absence b. : a clergyman appointed by a bishop or other official in the Church of England as his deputy for certain specified purposes 2. : one to whom some charge, duty, or office has been committed by a superior power; especially : one sent or delegated to execute a duty or an office as the representative of his superior 3. a. : a civilian official or military officer in charge of some special service or department < commissary of muster > < commissary of Indian affairs > < commissary of prisoners > especially : one in charge of procuring or distributing food and other supplies for military forces b. : a department or store supplying personal equipment and provisions (as on a military post or in a railroad, lumber, or mining camp) c. : food supplies : one's stock of provisions : commissariat d. : a lunchroom or refectory especially in a motion-picture studio 4. : a superior French police official 5. : a judge of a commissary court in Scotland 6. : commissar < ordinances of the Council of People's Commissaries — W.E.Walling > |