Usually means: Political officer enforcing party loyalty.
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  1. commissar: Merriam-Webster
  2. commissar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. commissar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. commissar: Collins English Dictionary
  5. commissar: Vocabulary.com
  6. Commissar, commissar: Wordnik
  7. commissar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. commissar: Wiktionary
  9. commissar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. commissar: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. commissar: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. commissar: Dictionary.com
  13. commissar: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Commissar (film), Commissar (movie), Commissar, The Commissar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. commissar: Rhymezone
  16. commissar: FreeDictionary.org
  17. commissar: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. commissar: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. commissar: Encyclopedia

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  1. Commissar: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See commissarial as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (commissar)

noun:  (historical) An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible for political education.
noun:  (historical, Soviet Union) In the early Soviet Union, the head of a commissariat.
noun:  (colloquial, often humorous) A political functionary whose job is to push the party or government line.

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