Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Commissary \Com"mis*sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Commissaries}. [LL.
commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to
commit, intrust to. See {Commit}.]
1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by
a superior power; a commissioner.
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Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne.
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2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a
distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe.
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3. (Mil.)
(a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the
commissary of musters.
(b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a
body of troops or a military post; -- officially
called {commissary of subsistence}. [U. S.]
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Washington wrote to the President of Congress .
. . urging the appointment of a commissary
general, a quartermaster general, a commissary
of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W.
Irving
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{Commissary general}, an officer in charge of some special
department of army service; as:
(a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and
transport department, or of the ordnance store
department. [Eng.]
(b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.]
{Commissary general of subsistence} (Mil. U. S.), the head of
the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase
and issue of provisions for the army.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
commissary
n 1: a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually
to military personnel)
2: a snack bar in a film studio
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