"commissar" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkɒmɪˈsɑː/ [UK], /ˈkɑ.məˌsɑɹ/ [US] Forms: commissars [plural]
Etymology: From Russian комисса́р (komissár), from German Kommissar (“commissioner”), from Latin commissarius, from commissus, past participle of committō (“to commit, entrust to”). Doublet of commissary. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|комисса́р}} Russian комисса́р (komissár), {{bor|en|de|Kommissar||commissioner}} German Kommissar (“commissioner”), {{bor|en|la|commissarius}} Latin commissarius, {{doublet|en|commissary}} Doublet of commissary Head templates: {{en-noun}} commissar (plural commissars)
  1. (historical) An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible for political education. Tags: historical
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  2. (historical, Soviet Union) In the early Soviet Union, the head of a commissariat. Tags: historical Categories (place): Soviet Union, Soviet Union Translations ((Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat): каміса́р (kamisár) [masculine] (Belarusian), комиса́р (komisár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 政委 (zhèngwěi) (Chinese Mandarin), komissaari (Finnish), commissaire [feminine, masculine] (French), Kommissar [masculine] (German), Kommissarin [feminine] (German), komisszárius (Hungarian), komisszár [archaic] (Hungarian), népbiztos [historical] (Hungarian), kormánybiztos (Hungarian), komisar (Indonesian), komisaris (Indonesian), कॉमिसार (kŏmisār) [masculine] (Marathi), comisar [masculine] (Romanian), комисса́р (komissár) [masculine] (Russian), kommissarie [common-gender] (Swedish), коміса́р (komisár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ژېڭۋېي (zhëngwëy) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-commissar-en-noun-EOzWMBOx Disambiguation of Soviet Union: 6 94 0 Disambiguation of '(Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat': 7 92 0
  3. (colloquial, often humorous) A political functionary whose job is to push the party or government line. Tags: colloquial, humorous, often
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: commissarial, commissariat, political commissar

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "komissár",
      "sense": "(Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "комисса́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kommissarie"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "komisár",
      "sense": "(Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коміса́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "zhëngwëy",
      "sense": "(Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat",
      "word": "ژېڭۋېي"
    }
  ],
  "word": "commissar"
}

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