Commissary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A supermarket for military personnel and their dependents, usually located on a military installation.
  • n. A store where food and equipment are sold, as in a mining camp.
  • n. A lunchroom or cafeteria, especially one in a film or television studio.
  • n. A person to whom a special duty is given by a higher authority; a deputy.
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  • n. A store primarily serving soldiers.
  • n. A cafeteria at a movie studio.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
  • n. An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
  • n.
  • n. An officer having charge of a special service.
  • n. An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In a general sense, one to whom some charge, duty, or office is committed by a superior power; one who is sent or delegated to execute some office or duty in the place, or as the representative, of his superior; a commissioner.
  • n. Eccles., an officer who by delegation from the bishop exercises spiritual jurisdiction in remote parts of a diocese, or is intrusted with the performance of the bishop's duties in his absence.
  • n. In Scots law, the judge in a commissary-court; in present practice, the sheriff of each county acting in the commissary-court. See commissary-court.
  • n. Milit., a name given to officers or officials of various grades, especially to officers of the commissariat department.
  • n. [F. commissaire de police.] A superior officer of police in France.
  • n. A general store for supplying workmen in any large industry.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a snack bar in a film studio
  • n. a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    buffet    snack bar    snack counter   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    commissioner    agent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    treasurer    quartermaster    commissioner    chaplain    superintendent   
     
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