Commissariat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. any of the major governmental divisions of the U.S.S.R.: called ministry since 1946.
  2. the organized method or manner by which food, equipment, transport, etc., is delivered to armies.
  3. the department of an army charged with supplying provisions.
noun
  1. (in the former Soviet Union) a government department before 1946
    • a military department in charge of food supplies, equipment, etc
    • the offices of such a department
  2. food supplies
Commissariat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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