commissar

English

Etymology

From Russian комисса́р (komissár), from German Kommissar (“commissioner”), from Latin commissarius.

Noun

commissar (plural commissars)

(historical) An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible for political education.
(historical, Soviet Union) In the early Soviet Union, the head of a commissariat.

Translations

(Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat

Belarusian: каміса́р m (kamisár)
Bulgarian: комиса́р m (komisár)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 政委 (zh) (zhèngwěi)
Finnish: komissaari (fi)

French: commissaire (fr) m or f
German: Kommissar (de) m, Kommissarin f
Romanian: comisar (ro) m
Russian: комисса́р (ru) m (komissár)
Swedish: kommissarie (sv) c
Ukrainian: коміса́р m (komisár)

Derived terms

commissarial
commissariat
political commissar

Anagrams

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