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Commissariat

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Noun

1. commissariat, provender, provisions, viands, victuals

a stock or supply of foods

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Commissariat

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noun
1. 
(in the former Soviet Union) a government department before 1946
. Now called: ministry
2. 
a. 
a military department in charge of food supplies, equipment, etc
b. 
the offices of such a department
3. 
food supplies

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Commissariat

see synonyms of commissariat
noun
1. 
the branch of an army which provides food and supplies for the troops
2. 
food supplies
3. 
any of the government departments in the U.S.S.R.
since 1946, called ministry

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Commissariat

see synonyms of commissariat
n.
1. A department of an army in charge of providing food and other supplies for the troops.
2. A food supply.
3. A major government department in the Soviet Union until 1946.

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