| EMISSARY | • emissary n. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. • emissary n. (Anatomy) A venous channel in the skull. • emissary n. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes. |
| KOMISSAR | • komissar n. Alternative form of commissar. • KOMISSAR n. a Communist party official who enjoined loyalty. |
| COMMISSAR | • commissar n. (Historical) An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible… • commissar n. (Historical, Soviet Union) In the early Soviet Union, the head of a commissariat. • commissar n. (Colloquial) A political functionary whose job is to push the party or government line. Often used semi-humourously. |
| JANISSARY | • janissary n. (Historical) An infantry soldier, often of Christian descent and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former… • janissary n. (Figuratively) An elite, highly loyal supporter. • JANISSARY n. (Turkish) a soldier of the old Turkish footguards, also JANISARY, JANIZAR, JANIZARY. |
| KOMISSARS | • komissars n. Plural of komissar. • KOMISSAR n. a Communist party official who enjoined loyalty. |
| COMMISSARS | • commissars n. Plural of commissar. • COMMISSAR n. the head of a government department in the USSR. |
| COMMISSARY | • commissary n. A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners. • commissary n. An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account. • commissary n. A cafeteria at a movie studio. |
| EMISSARIES | • emissaries n. Plural of emissary. • EMISSARY n. a person sent on a special mission. |
| JANISSARIES | • janissaries n. Plural of janissary. • JANISSARY n. (Turkish) a soldier of the old Turkish footguards, also JANISARY, JANIZAR, JANIZARY. |
| COMMISSARIAL | • commissarial adj. Of or pertaining to a commissary. • COMMISSARIAL adj. of or like a commissar. |
| COMMISSARIAT | • commissariat n. A supply of food. • commissariat n. The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops. • commissariat n. (Historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence. |
| COMMISSARIES | • commissaries n. Plural of commissary. • COMMISSARY n. one to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power. |
| COMMISSARIATS | • commissariats n. Plural of commissariat. • COMMISSARIAT n. a department, esp. military, for the supply of food etc.; food supplied; a government department in the USSR. |
| COMMISSARYSHIP | • commissaryship n. The position or employment of a commissary. • COMMISSARYSHIP n. the office of commissary. |
| COMMISSARYSHIPS | • commissaryships n. Plural of commissaryship. • COMMISSARYSHIP n. the office of commissary. |
| FIDEICOMMISSARY | • fideicommissary n. (Law, ancient Rome) the beneficiary of a fideicommissum. • FIDEICOMMISSARY adj. relating to a fideicommissum. |