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One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.

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  1. n. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
  2. n. An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
  3. n. An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters.
  4. n. An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence.
  5. n. a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
  6. n. a snack bar in a film studio
  7. 1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. Donne. 2. (Eccl.) An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe. 3. (Mil.) (a) An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. (b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.] Washington wrote to the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery. W. Irving Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special department of army service; as: (a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and transport department, or of the ordinace store department. [Eng.] (b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.] -- Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase and issue of provisions for the army.
  8. An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiasticaljurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residenceof the bishop. Ayliffe.
  9. j:87/n:13 n. a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) n. a snack bar in a film studio