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   commissary

   /ˈkɒmɪs(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a deputy or delegate.
   • ▪ a representative or deputy of a bishop.
   • 2. a restaurant or food store in a military base, prison, or other institution. North American

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge’, from Latin commiss- ‘joined, entrusted’, from the verb committere (see commit).

   Derivatives

   • 1. commissarial adjective

   Scrabble Points: 19

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