Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commando"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Commando \Com*man"do\, n. [D. See {Command}, v. t.]
In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes,
an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.
The war bands, called commandos, have played a great
part in the . . . military history of the country.
--James Bryce.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
commando
n 1: a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for
hit-and-run raids [syn: {ranger}]
2: an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy
territory
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