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Commando
//kəˈmændoʊ// noun
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Noun
- 1 A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
"The most important objective was at Batna itself, where a group of three commandos each comprising ten men was to attack Deleplanque's sub-prefecture […]."
- 2 an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory wordnet
- 3 A commando trooper.
"Ben Grant, 30, who spent more than five years as a commando in the Royal Marines, is part of group of seven ex-servicemen who arrived in Ukraine over the weekend to fight invading Russian forces."
- 4 a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids wordnet
- 5 An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops. historical
Etymology
From Afrikaans kommando, from Portuguese comando (“command”), from Late Latin *commandare, from Latin commendare.
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