commissar

Definition of Commissar in English :

an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Commissar

noun (in the former Soviet Union)

1. Also called: political commissar

an official of the Communist Party responsible for political education, esp in a military unit

2. Also called: People's Commissar

(before 1946) the head of a government department

. Now called: minister

noun

1.

the head of any of the former commissariats in the U.S.S.R.

in 1946, title changed to minister

2.

a representative of the government or communist party in the U.S.S.R., responsible for political orientation, esp. in a military unit

n.

1.

a. An official of the Communist Party in charge of political indoctrination and the enforcement of party loyalty.

b. The head of a commissariat in the Soviet Union until 1946.

2. A person who tries to control public opinion.