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Meanings of commissar in English

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comissari polític

An official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit.

comissari polític
Usage of commissar in English
1
Gurov, the chief commissar of the 62nd Army, made similar sweeping statements.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
2
What could possibly be up that grizzled, skinny commissar's sleeve, Yu wondered.
Death of a Red Heroine
3
He would almost certainly have been treated as a 'Jewish commissar' and shot.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
4
There was in Madrid an English writer, who had become a political commissar.
The God That Failed
5
The commissar read out the order, and he, Kovalchuk, was not behaving well.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
6
So naturally the commissar wanted to make a big deal out of it.
Death of a Red Heroine
7
The only man to treat him as a man is the political commissar.
The Quiet American
8
Still from Biisk in the Altai country had just come a very important commissar.
Beasts, Men and Gods
9
Suslov could almost feel Latsis's contempt for their new commissar.
Red inferno: 1945
10
Since it's the first day, you just do whatever the commissar wants you to.
Death of a Red Heroine
11
He is now commissar of the PLA's General Logistics Department.
Reuters
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M23 political commissar Colonel Vianney Kazarama also denied the rebels received any support from Rwanda.
Reuters
13
Andre Marty, French Communist leader and the chief commissar of the Brigade, appointed me quartermaster.
The God That Failed
14
The battalion commissar clearly had considerable respect for Vlasov.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
15
He banished the professor who was teaching me and replaced him with a political commissar.
Metro 2034
16
He is the commissar of the 'Cheka' and she is the agent of this establishment.
Beasts, Men and Gods
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