'Commissary' definitions:
Definition of 'commissary'
From: WordNet
noun
A retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
noun
A snack bar in a film studio
Definition of 'Commissary'
From: GCIDE
- Commissary \Com"mis*sa*ry\, n.; pl. Commissaries. [LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See Commit.]
- 1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. [1913 Webster]
- Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mil.) (a) An officer having charge of a special service; 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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 [1913 Webster]
- 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 ordnance 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'commissary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abundance,
- accumulation,
- amassment,
- backlog,
- budget,
- canned foods,
- canteen,
- caterer,
- chandler,
- collection,
- commissar,
- commissariat,
- commissionaire,
- commissioner,
- cornucopia,
- cumulation,
- dehydrated foods,
- delegate,
- donor,
- dump,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- food supply,
- fresh foods,
- frozen foods,
- furnisher,
- groceries,
- grocery,
- heap,
- herald,
- hoard,
- inventory,
- larder,
- legate,
- manciple,
- mass,
- material,
- materials,
- materiel,
- merchant,
- messenger,
- minister,
- munitions,
- patron,
- pile,
- plenitude,
- plenty,
- post exchange,
- provender,
- provider,
- provisioner,
- provisionment,
- provisions,
- purveyor,
- PX,
- quartermaster,
- rations,
- repertoire,
- repertory,
- retailer,
- rick,
- secretary,
- stack,
- steward,
- stock,
- stock clerk,
- stock-in-trade,
- stockpile,
- store,
- storekeeper,
- stores,
- supplier,
- supplies,
- supply on hand,
- sutler,
- treasure,
- treasury,
- victualer,
- vivandier