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commissar

Main Entry:: com·mis·sar
Pronunciation:: \ˈkä-mə-ˌsär\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Russian komissar, from German Kommissar, from Medieval Latin commissarius
Date:: 1918

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 expression2: the head of a government department in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1946

— com·mis·sar·i·al

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\ˌkä-mə-ˈsär-ē-əl, -ˈser-\ adjective

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