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commissariat

noun

/ˌkɒməˈsɛəriət/

Meaning

A department responsible for supplying food and equipment, especially in the military.

The army commissariat ensured that the soldiers had enough supplies.

supply department, logistics, provisioning, quartermaster

shortage, deprivation

army commissariat, commissariat department, commissariat supplies

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like

the rear part or surface of something; informal term for the buttocks

large wading bird with long legs and neck that feeds on fish

the scientific study of plants

just behavior or treatment; the quality of being fair and reasonable; a judge in a court of law