"commissar" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkɒmɪ.ˈsɑː/ [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, {{m|la|commissus}} commissus, {{m|la|committō||to commit, entrust to}} committō (“to commit, entrust to”), {{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
    Sense id: en-commissar-en-noun-1BCu0c5V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 2 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 2 11
  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), comisar [masculine] (Romanian), комисса́р (komissár) [masculine] (Russian), kommissarie [common-gender] (Swedish), коміса́р (komisár) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    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 1
  3. (colloquial) A political functionary whose job is to push the party or government line. Often used semi-humorously. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-commissar-en-noun-Ws82bJ8n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: commissarial, commissariat, political commissar

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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