First Known Use: 1918
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commissar
noun com·mis·sar \ˈkä-mə-ˌsär\
Definition of COMMISSAR
1
a : a Communist party official assigned to a military unit to teach party principles and policies and to ensure party loyalty b : one that attempts to control public opinion or its expression
2
: the head of a government department in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1946
— com·mis·sar·i·al \ˌkä-mə-ˈsär-ē-əl, -ˈser-\ adjective
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Origin of COMMISSAR
Russian komissar, from German Kommissar, from Medieval Latin commissarius
Rhymes with COMMISSAR
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