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Commando - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Commando : (noun)
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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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