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commissar (n.)
in a Russian context, "representative appointed by a soviet and responsible for political indoctrination," 1918, from Russian komissar, from German Kommissar "commissioner," from French commissaire, ultimately from Medieval Latin commissarius (see commissary). Earlier in English it meant "commissary" (1640s), from the French word, which itself was used in English from 1753.
updated on February 03, 2018
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