Commando

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
  • n. A member of such a force.
  • n. An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa.
  • n. A raid made by such a force.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas
  • n. A commando trooper
  • n. An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid.
  • n. 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.
  • n. a member of a commando{2} unit.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A military expedition or raid undertaken by private individuals for personal ends; more specifically, the name given to the quasimilitary expeditions undertaken by the Boers and English farmers of South Africa against the natives.
  • n. The enrolled militia of an electoral district in the late Dutch republics of South Africa.
  • n. A unit of the Boer army commanded by an officer whose title was Commandant.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory
  • n. a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    military man    military personnel    serviceman    man   
    Cross Reference
    to go on commando   
    Variant
    commandoes   
    Form
    go commando   
    Same Context
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    guerrilla    paramilitary    infantry    rifleman    paratrooper   
     
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