commissary

noun

  1. 1

    A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.

  2. 2

    A cafeteria at a movie studio.

  3. 3

    One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.

  4. 4

    An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.

  5. 5

    An officer who supplies provisions to an army.

  6. 6

    The judge in a commissary court.

  7. 7

    A higher-ranking police officer.

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