Explore Commissars through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Commissars meaning
plural of commissar
Using Commissars
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of commissar
- In the example corpus, commissars often appears in combinations such as: people's commissars, political commissars.
Context around Commissars
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Commissars
- In this selection, "commissars" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, political, propaganda, officers, aboard, withdrawn and officially stand out and add context to how "commissars" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and political commissars and appointed political commissars. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "commissars" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with commissars
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All People's Commissars to sign confidentially and return the original to Stalin. (13 words)
The chief of the Soviet propaganda commissars was a hate-filled Jew named Ilya Ehrenburg. (15 words)
The Council of People's Commissars now began to arrest the leaders of opposition parties. (15 words)
Although it paid lip service to Mao and assigned political commissars aboard ships, the Navy continued to train, build, and maintain the fleets as well the coastal defense and aviation arms, as well as in the performance of its mission. (40 words)
It is a great pity that Zimbabwe is ruled by corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous thugs and a double tragedy that supposedly men and women of the cloth have become these political thugs’ self-appointed political commissars. (38 words)
The commission was created not under the VTsIK as was previously anticipated, but rather under the Council of the People's Commissars. citation On December 8, 1917, some of the original members of the VCheka were replaced. (37 words)
Example sentences (13)
All People's Commissars to sign confidentially and return the original to Stalin.
It is a great pity that Zimbabwe is ruled by corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous thugs and a double tragedy that supposedly men and women of the cloth have become these political thugs’ self-appointed political commissars.
The chief of the Soviet propaganda commissars was a hate-filled Jew named Ilya Ehrenburg.
Although it paid lip service to Mao and assigned political commissars aboard ships, the Navy continued to train, build, and maintain the fleets as well the coastal defense and aviation arms, as well as in the performance of its mission.
An earlier biographer claims that Chiang Kai-shek put Zhou in charge of "an advanced training center for the CCP members and commissars withdrawn from the army".
On 20 December 1917, the Council of People's Commissars officially established the All-Russia Extraordinary Commission to Combat Counter-revolution and Sabotage—usually known as the Cheka (based on the Russian acronym ВЧК).
Political commissars were appointed to each unit of the army to maintain morale and ensure loyalty.
The commission was created not under the VTsIK as was previously anticipated, but rather under the Council of the People's Commissars. citation On December 8, 1917, some of the original members of the VCheka were replaced.
The Council of People's Commissars appointed itself the supreme head of the Red Army, delegating command and administration of the army to the Commissariat for Military Affairs and the Special All-Russian College within this commissariat.
The Council of People's Commissars now began to arrest the leaders of opposition parties.
The Soviets sold tanks and other armaments for Spanish gold, and sent well-trained officers and political commissars.
This gave the political officers/commissars a great deal of power, allowing them to overrule the unit commander and take over the unit.
Zhou's appointment as chief commissar of the First Corps allowed him to appoint Communists as commissars in four of the Corps' five divisions.
Common combinations with commissars
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- people's commissars 6×
- political commissars 5×