commissariat

3 definitions found

commissariat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
         [1913 Webster]

commissariat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  commissariat
      n 1: a stock or supply of foods [syn: commissariat,
           provisions, provender, viands, victuals]

commissariat - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  COMMISSARIATE. The whole body of officers who act in the department of the 
  commissary, are called the, commissariate.