Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commissariat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Commissariat \Com`mis*sa"ri*at\ (?; 277), n. [F. commissariat.]
(Mil.)
(a) The organized system by which armies and military posts
are supplied with food and daily necessaries.
(b) The body of officers charged with such service.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
commissariat
n : a stock or supply of foods [syn: {provisions}, {provender},
{viands}, {victuals}]
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