commissar

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Definition

  1. noun an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian комисса́р (komissár), from German Kommissar (“commissioner”), from Latin commissarius, from commissus, past participle of committō (“to commit, entrust to”). Doublet of commissary.

In classic literature

Synonyms

political commissar

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