commissary as a noun: - 1
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commissary
noun
1 commissary
A retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel).
Roget 758:
consignee,
trustee,
nominee,
committee.
agent,
delegate;
commissary,
commissioner;
emissary,
envoy,
commissionaire [Fr.];
messenger
etc.
534.
diplomatist,
diplomat,
diplomate,
corps diplomatique [Fr.],
embassy;
ambassador,
embassador†;
representative,
resident,
consul,
legate,
nuncio,
internuncio†,
charge d'affaires [Fr.],
attache.
vicegerent
etc.
(deputy)
759;
plenipotentiary.
functionary,
placeman†,
curator;
treasurer
etc.
801;
factor,
bailiff,
clerk,
secretary,
attorney,
advocate,
solicitor,
proctor,
broker,
underwriter,
commission agent,
auctioneer,
one's man of business;
factotum
etc.
(director)
694;
caretaker;
dalal†,
dubash†,
garnishee,
gomashta†.
negotiator,
go-between;
middleman;
under agent,
employe;
servant
etc.
746;
referee,
arbitrator
etc.
(judge)
967.
traveler,
bagman,
commis-voyageur [Fr.],
touter†,
commercial traveler,
drummer [U.S.],
traveling man.
newspaper correspondent,
own correspondent,
special correspondent.
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Roget 637:
provision,
supply;
grist,
grist for the mill;
subvention
etc.
(aid)
707;
resources
etc.
(means)
632;
groceries,
grocery.
providing
etc.
v.;
purveyance;
reinforcement,
reenforcement†;
commissariat.
provender
etc.
(food)
298;
ensilage;
viaticum.
caterer,
purveyor,
commissary,
quartermaster,
manciple†,
feeder,
batman,
victualer,
grocer,
comprador [Sp.],
restaurateur;
jackal,
pelican;
sutler
etc.
(merchant)
797†.
grocery shop,
grocery store.
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2 commissary
A snack bar in a film studio.
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