commissary
/ˈkɑ.mɪˌsɛɹ.i/ nom C2En français : économat, cantine, commissaire
- A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.
- An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account.
- A cafeteria at a television or movie studio.
- One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
- An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
- An officer who supplies provisions to an army.
- The judge in a commissary court.
- A higher-ranking police officer.
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Dans la bibliothèque
At the door he met the commissary of police, who was waiting for him.
The commissary of police, as he traversed the antechamber, made a sign to two gendarmes, who placed themselves one on Dantès’ right and the other on his left.
The commissary took up an iron mallet and knocked thrice, every blow seeming to Dantès as if struck on his heart.
“It was and the feast that began so gayly had a very sorrowful ending; a police commissary, followed by four soldiers, entered, and Dantès was arrested.”
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