(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:36:48

Com`mis*sa"ri*at [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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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