commissary

commissary
n
1. store, supply, outlet, exchange, commissariat, U.S. Army. post exchange, PX.
2. dining room, dinette, dining hall, mess hall, mess; refectory, Fr. salle a manger, Rom. Hist. triclinium, cafeteria.
3. deputy, agent, proxy, factor, attorney, attorney-in-fact, attorney-at-law, attorney general, solicitor general; legate, nuncio, ambassador, envoy, emissary; delegate, representative, consul, plenipotentiary, dignitary, diplomat, minister; alternate, surrogate, substitute, secondary; regent, provost, warden, chancellor, commissioner, vicar; broker, middleman, intermediary, instrument, lieutenant; steward, manciple, supplier, Mil. quartermaster, purser; provider, victualer, sutler, feeder.

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