"commissary" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒm.ɪ.s(ə)ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑ.mɪˌsɛɹ.i/ [General-American], /ˈkɑ.məˌsɛɹ.i/ [General-American], /ˈkɔm.ə.sə.ɹi/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-commissary.wav Forms: commissaries [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin commissarius, from commissus, past participle of committō (“to commit, entrust to”). Doublet of commissar. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|commissarius}} Late Latin commissarius, {{doublet|en|commissar}} Doublet of commissar Head templates: {{en-noun}} commissary (plural commissaries)
  1. A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners. Translations (A store primarily serving persons in an institution): лавка (lavka) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-commissary-en-noun-4Nb9OgYJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Christianity, Law enforcement, Restaurants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 3 6 11 5 5 23 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 6 5 18 5 6 20 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 4 3 19 4 4 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 2 2 21 2 3 24 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 5 4 18 6 5 20 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 4 4 18 4 4 23 25 Disambiguation of Christianity: 32 6 6 7 21 6 15 7 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 15 11 6 6 8 12 23 19 Disambiguation of Restaurants: 19 2 7 20 3 3 22 25 Disambiguation of 'A store primarily serving persons in an institution': 83 2 1 1 4 2 5 2
  2. An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account.
    Sense id: en-commissary-en-noun-d0ld2OwJ Categories (other): Law enforcement Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 15 11 6 6 8 12 23 19
  3. A cafeteria at a television or movie studio.
    Sense id: en-commissary-en-noun-LxGPr0g-
  4. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. Translations (One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power): пълномощник (pǎlnomoštnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), представител (predstavitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kommissarie [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-commissary-en-noun-C6kxZ-y2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Restaurants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 3 6 11 5 5 23 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 6 5 18 5 6 20 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 4 3 19 4 4 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 2 2 21 2 3 24 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 5 4 18 6 5 20 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 4 4 18 4 4 23 25 Disambiguation of Restaurants: 19 2 7 20 3 3 22 25 Disambiguation of 'One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power': 1 1 0 90 2 1 1 3
  5. An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
    Sense id: en-commissary-en-noun-Fn4X8PRQ Categories (other): Military Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 22 38 0 39
  6. An officer who supplies provisions to an army. Translations (An officer who supplies provisions to an army): интендант (intendant) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-commissary-en-noun-qr-59hQU Categories (other): Law enforcement, Military Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 15 11 6 6 8 12 23 19 Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 22 38 0 39 Disambiguation of 'An officer who supplies provisions to an army': 1 3 0 1 11 70 1 13
  7. (Scots law) The judge in a commissary court.
    Sense id: en-commissary-en-noun-FSL271RO Categories (other): Scots law, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Law enforcement, Restaurants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 3 6 11 5 5 23 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 6 5 18 5 6 20 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 4 3 19 4 4 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 2 2 21 2 3 24 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 5 4 18 6 5 20 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 4 4 18 4 4 23 25 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 15 11 6 6 8 12 23 19 Disambiguation of Restaurants: 19 2 7 20 3 3 22 25
  8. A higher-ranking police officer.
    Sense id: en-commissary-en-noun-DMYlMH3O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Law enforcement, Military, Restaurants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 3 6 11 5 5 23 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 6 5 18 5 6 20 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 4 3 19 4 4 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 2 2 21 2 3 24 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 5 4 18 6 5 20 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 4 4 18 4 4 23 25 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 15 11 6 6 8 12 23 19 Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 22 38 0 39 Disambiguation of Restaurants: 19 2 7 20 3 3 22 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: commissarial, commissary general, commissaryship, subcommissary Coordinate_terms: BX, PX, shopette

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 183:",
          "text": "“We tried to provide for you while you were in there. We may not have put as much on your commissary as your in-laws, but what we gave was more to us.”",
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        "An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account."
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      "glosses": [
        "A cafeteria at a television or movie studio."
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          "text": "Great Deſtiny the Commiſſary of God;",
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        "One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner."
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          "text": "It has been already hinted , that a Commissary, in Latin stiled Commisarius, is a Title of Ecclefiaftical Jurisdiction",
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        "An officer who supplies provisions to an army."
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        "The judge in a commissary court."
      ],
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        "(Scots law) The judge in a commissary court."
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A higher-ranking police officer."
      ],
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          "police officer"
        ]
      ]
    }
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lavka",
      "sense": "A store primarily serving persons in an institution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лавка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎlnomoštnik",
      "sense": "One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пълномощник"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predstavitel",
      "sense": "One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "представител"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kommissarie"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "intendant",
      "sense": "An officer who supplies provisions to an army",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "интендант"
    }
  ],
  "word": "commissary"
}

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