单词 | commissary's department |
释义 | > as lemmascommissary's department commissary's department n. originally and chiefly U.S. = commissary department n. ΚΠ 1777 G. Washington Let. 18 Feb. in Writings (1939) VII. 160 All my endeavours, to keep the Commissary's Department in some kind of order. 1849 Elyria (Ohio) Courier 24 Apr. Some horses..were loaned to me, and he supplied me with provisions from the commissary's department. 1911 Independent (N.Y.) 18 May 1039/1 The State markets in provisions needed by the commissary's department was carefully examined into. 1988 C. A. Bayly Indian Soc. & Making of Brit. Empire iii. 86 No formal commissary's department concerned with feeding and supplying the army was constituted until the following decade. 2002 L. E. Horgan Forged in War 32 The Commissary's department would undergo many changes, emerging in its final form as an organization largely separated from the field Army. < as lemmas |
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