commissar
pronunciation
How to pronounce commissar in British English:
UK [ˌkɒmɪˈsɑ:(r)]
How to pronounce commissar in American English:
US [ˌkɑmɪˈsɑ(r)]
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- Noun:
- an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
Word Origin
- commissar (n.)
- 1918, from Russian komissar, from German Kommissar "commissioner," from French, ultimately from Medieval Latin commissarius (see commissary).
Example
- 1. He has the authority to act for the commissar .
- 2. The traffic cops had been standing at attention half an hour in the sun waiting for the commissar to come and wipe their sweat for the cameras .
- 3. Liberation war , he served as deputy commander of military region , the shanxi , north china military region deputy commander and first corps ( later the eighteenth corps ) commander and political commissar .
- 4. If you wish to discuss this , the commissar will return tuesday .
- 5. Herself killed a commissar famous for his cruelty .