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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

commissariat [.kɑmə'sεrɪət] [.kɔmɪ'sεərǐət]
  1. 1. noun [Russian] 部队给养部门军粮(或军需)部门,(军队后勤部
  2. 2. noun 军队粮食供应给养
  3. 3. noun 人民委员部(前苏联政府各部的旧称;自1946年改称为ministry)

Collins English-English Dictionary

commissariat ["kɒmɪ'sεərɪət]
  1. 1. n (in the former Soviet Union) a government department before 1946 ministry
  2. 2. n a military department in charge of food supplies, equipment, etc
  3. 3. n the offices of such a department
  4. 4. n food supplies
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C17: from New Latin commissariatus, from Medieval Latin commissarius commissary

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