Meanings
plural political commissars
- communismA supervisory political officer responsible for ideological education and organization.
Synonyms: politruk, political officer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA supervisory political officer responsible for ideological education and organization.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 政治委員 /政治委员, 政委
- 政治委員 /政治委员 (zhèngzhì wěiyuán)supervisory political officer
- 政委 (zhèngwěi)supervisory political officer
- 政戰官 /政战官 (zhèngzhàn guān)supervisory political officer
German Politoffizier, Politkommissar
- Politoffiziersupervisory political officer
- Politkommissarsupervisory political officer
Hungarian politikai biztos
- politikai biztossupervisory political officer
Korean 정치위원
- 정치위원 (jeongchiwiwon)supervisory political officer
Russian политру́к, комисса́р
- политру́к (politrúk)supervisory political officer
- комисса́р (komissár)supervisory political officer
Vietnamese chính uỷ, chính trị viên
- chính uỷsupervisory political officer
- chính trị viênsupervisory political officer
- chính trị ủy viênsupervisory political officer
Cite this entry
political commissar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/political%20commissar
“political commissar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/political%20commissar. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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