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commissary

/ˈkɒməˌseɹi/KO-muh-seh-ree
/ˈkɑməˌsɛɹi/KAH-muh-seh-ree

Meaningentrust

Common meaning: official responsible for supplies or a particular duty

Journey through time

  1. Latincommissus‘entrust’source
  2. Late Latincommissarius‘person entrusted with a task’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsperson entrusted with a task → official responsible for supplies or a particular dutycommissary‘official responsible for supplies or a particular duty’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin commissus ‘entrust’.

Roots

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