Commissariat

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

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