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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
commando n 1: a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids [syn: commando, ranger] 2: an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Commando \Com*man"do\, n. [D. See Command, v. t.] 1. 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. a usually small military unit trained to perform special missions, often behind enemy lines, and usually employing hit-and-run tactics. Such units often have the destruction of fixed targets, such as enemy installations, as their mission, in contrast to normal combat units which engage the enemy army directly. [PJC] 3. a member of a commando[2] unit. [PJC] | ||
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