# commissary

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒm.ɪ.s(ə)ɹi/ · frequency rank #36,496

## Definitions
1. A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.
2. An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account.
3. A cafeteria at a television or movie studio.
4. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
5. An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
6. An officer who supplies provisions to an army.
7. The judge in a commissary court.
8. A higher-ranking police officer.

## Etymology
From Late Latin commissarius, from commissus, past participle of committō (“to commit, entrust to”). Doublet of commissar.

## Easily confused with
- **commissar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commissar-vs-commissary)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccommissary`, `cmomissary`, `comimssary`, `comissary`, `commisary`, `commisasry`, `commissarry`, `commissaryy`, `commissayr`, `commissray`, `commsisary`, `ocmmissary`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/commissary