commissar

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

From Russian комисса́р, from German Kommissar ("commissioner"), from Latin commissarius, from commissus, past participle of committō. commissary.

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