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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- commissariat
[.kɑmə'sεrɪət]
[.kɔmɪ'sεərǐət]
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noun
[Russian]
部队给养部门,军粮(或军需)部门,(军队)后勤部
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2.
noun
(军队)粮食供应,给养
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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]
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n
(in the former Soviet Union) a government department before 1946 ministry
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2.
n
a military department in charge of food supplies, equipment, etc
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3.
n
the offices of such a department
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4.
n
food supplies
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5.
n
[Etymology]
C17: from New Latin commissariatus, from Medieval Latin commissarius commissary
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