commissar

English

From Russian комисса́р (komissár), from German Kommissar (“commissioner”), from Latin commissarius, from commissus, past participle of committō (“to commit, entrust to”). Doublet of commissary.

commissar (plural commissars)

(historical) An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible for political education.
(historical, Soviet Union) In the early Soviet Union, the head of a commissariat.
(colloquial) A political functionary whose job is to push the party or government line. Often used semi-humorously.

(Soviet Union) the head of a commissariat

Belarusian: каміса́р m (kamisár)
Bulgarian: комиса́р m (komisár)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 政委 (zh) (zhèngwěi)
Finnish: komissaari (fi)
French: commissaire (fr) m or f
German: Kommissar (de) m, Kommissarin (de) f
Hungarian: komisszárius, komisszár (hu) (archaic), népbiztos (hu) (historical), kormánybiztos (hu)
Indonesian: komisar (id), komisaris (id)
Romanian: comisar (ro) m
Russian: комисса́р (ru) m (komissár)
Swedish: kommissarie (sv) c
Ukrainian: коміса́р m (komisár)

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