Crossword-Solution: COMMISSARY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Commissary | n. | One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. |
| Commissary | n. | An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. |
| Commissary | n. | An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters. |
| Commissary | n. | An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “COMMISSARY”
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| Store of a sort. | 2 answers |
| A SNACK BAR IN A FILM STUDIO | 11 answers |
| appointee | 32 answers |
| filler | 49 answers |
| Delegate | 54 answers |
| Delegation | 69 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with COMMISSARY (5)
Richard Cœur-de-Lion.] 43 (return) [ A commissary is said to have received similar consolation from a certain Commander-in-chief, to whom he complained that a general officer had used some such threat towards him as that in the text.] 44 (return) [ Borghs, or borrows, signifies pledges.
And to-morrow, you must inform the commissary of police.” Ten minutes later a thick bed of straw had been strewed across the thoroughfare, and the drivers of passing vehicles involuntarily slackened their speed, for every one in Paris knows what this signifies.
One Eye Kanty, owing to his early trade, held the always important post of chief armorer, while Peter the Hermit, the last of the five cut-throats whom Norman of Torn had bested that day, six years before, in the hut of Father Claude, had become majordomo of the great castle of Torn, which post included also the vital functions of quartermaster and commissary.
His grandfather was Commissary-general of the colony, and he himself is a cousin of the Marquis de Saint-Gré, who has two châteaux, a house in Paris, and is a favorite of the King.” She paused, as if to let this impress itself upon me, and added archly, “Tenez, Monsieur, there is a daughter--” She stopped abruptly.
Before the ecclesiastical commissary he was twice examined, and, on the latter occasion, put to the question ordinary and extraordinary.
Quotes with COMMISSARY (1)
I found myself surrounded by really old veterans wearing hats that said, "Retired Marine - SEMPER FI." These hats didn't appear to fit on their heads, but instead seemed to hover over them. At one point, I mistakenly tried to take the last box of crackers that a veteran also wanted. He started yelling, "I ran away from home at seventeen, lied about my age, and joined the Corps! I fought in World War II, Korea, and NAM! I have no cartilage in my right knee! It's bone-on-bone, …
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1964).