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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
commissariat
n : a stock or supply of foods [syn: {provisions}, {provender},
{viands}, {victuals}]
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