English-Thai Dictionary

commissary

N ร้าน ขาย อาหาร (โดยเฉพาะ ใน ฐานทัพ  ran-kai-ar-han

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMISSARY

n. 1. In general sense, a commissioner; one to whom is committed some charge, duty or office, by a superior power; one who is sent or delegated to execute some office or duty, in the place, or as the representative, of his superior.
2. In ecclesiastical law, an officer of the bishop, who exercises spiritual jurisdiction in places of the diocese, so far distant from the episcopal see, that the chancellor cannot call the people to the bishops principal consistory court, without putting them to inconvenience.
3. In a military sense, an officer who has the charge of furnishing provisions, clothing, etc. , for an army. Commissaries are distinguished by different names, according to their duties; as commissary-general, who is at the head of the department of supplies, and has under him deputy commissaries, and issuing commissaries; the latter to issue or distribute the supplies.
4. An officer who musters the army, receives and inspects the muster-rolls, and keeps an account of the strength of the army. He is called, the commissary-general of musters. The commissary of horses has the inspection of the artillery horses; and the commissary of stores has charge of all the stores of the artillery.

 

COMMISSARYSHIP

n.The office of a commissary.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMMISSARY

Com "mis *sa *ry, n.; pl. Commissaries. Etym: [LL. commissarius, fr. L.commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See Commit. ]

 

1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. Donne.

 

2. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe.

 

3. (Mil. ) (a ) An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. (b ) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.] Washington wrote to the President of Congress. .. urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery. W. Irving Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special department of army service; as: (a ) The officer in charge of the commissariat and transport department, or of the ordinace store department. [Eng. ](b ) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.] -- Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase and issue of provisions for the army.

 

COMMISSARYSHIP

COMMISSARYSHIP Com "mis *sa *ry *ship, n.

 

Defn: The office or employment of a commissary. Ayliffe.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

commissary

com mis sar y |ˈkäməˌserē ˈkɑməˌsɛri | ▶noun ( pl. commissaries ) 1 a restaurant in a movie studio, military base, prison, or other institution. 2 a deputy or delegate. DERIVATIVES com mis sar i al |ˌkäməˈse (ə )rēəl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge, ’ from Latin commiss- ‘joined, entrusted, ’ from the verb committere (see commit ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

commissary

commissary |ˈkɒmɪs (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. commissaries ) 1 a deputy or delegate. • a representative or deputy of a bishop. 2 N. Amer. a restaurant or food store in a military base, prison, or other institution. DERIVATIVES commissarial |-ˈsɛːrɪəl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge ’, from Latin commiss- ‘joined, entrusted ’, from the verb committere (see commit ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

commissary

com mis sar y /kɑ́məsèri |kɔ́mɪs (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies C 1 ｟米 ｠(基地 刑務所などの )売店, 購買部 .2 ｟米 ｠(映画スタジオ 工場などの )食堂 .3 ｟英 ｠〘軍 〙兵站 （へいたん ）将校 .4 代表者, 管理人 .