commissar

commissar
Synonyms and related words:
Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, alderman, all-powerful ruler, archon, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, bailie, burghermaster, burgomaster, cabinet member, cabinet minister, caesar, chancellor, city councilman, city father, city manager, commissary, commissionaire, commissioner, councillor, councilman, councilwoman, county commissioner, county supervisor, czar, delegate, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, elder, emissary, envoy, hard master, headman, herald, induna, legate, legislator, lord mayor, magistrate, maire, martinet, mayor, messenger, minister, minister of state, oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, portreeve, reeve, secretary, secretary of state, selectman, slave driver, stickler, supervisor, syndic, tyrant, undersecretary, usurper, warden, warlord

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  • Commissär — (v. lat. Commissarius), 1) der einen Auftrag erhält, s. u. Commission 1); 2) Beamteter, wegen des von ihm zu besorgenden Geschäfts mit besonderen Beinamen, als Ablösungs , Grenz , Kammer , Marsch , Polizei , Post , Proviant , Kriegs C.; 3)… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • commissar — 1918, from Rus. komissar, from Ger. Kommissar commissioner, from French, ultimately from M.L. commissarius (see COMMISSARY (Cf. commissary)) …   Etymology dictionary

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