01 n. In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.
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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.
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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.
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a member of a commando{2} unit.