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COMMISSAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does commissar mean?
• COMMISSAR (noun)
The noun COMMISSAR has 1 sense:
1. an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
Familiarity information: COMMISSAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
commissar; political commissar
Hypernyms ("commissar" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
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