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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 1.6 [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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