commissar

commissar

English

Etymology

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

Noun

commissar (plural commissars)

1. (historical) An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible for political education.
2. (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

• micromass