Editing Commissar (section)

==Similar terms==
Commissar is linked to titles in a variety of languages, such as [[commissary]] in English, ''commissaire'' in French, ''Kommissar'' in German, and komisszár (or népbiztos; archaic: csendbiztos) in Hungarian.

The term ''[[commissary]]'' was used by the [[British military|British]] and [[U.S. military]] to denote an officer in charge of supplying an army with provisions and equipment (and [[Commissariat]]).

A similar term in French describes the equivalent of the rank of [[Major (rank)|Major]] both in the army of the ''[[Ancien Régime]]'' and the [[French Revolution]]. Such officials were not [[Officer (armed forces)|military officer]]s but reported back to the political authorities: the king and the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)]], respectively.

Various historical German states have used an equivalent title, [[Reichskommissar]] (a compound of ''[[Reich]]'' and the German ''Kommissar''), for several administrators who held responsibility over a territory or area of government.