commissar
noun
com·mis·sar
ˈkä-mə-ˌsär
1
a
: a Communist party official assigned to a military unit to teach party principles and policies and to ensure party loyalty
b
: one that attempts to control public opinion or its expression
2
: the head of a government department in the Soviet Union until 1946
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