commando

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /kəˈmɑːn.dəʊ/
• (America) IPA: /kəˈmændoʊ/

Noun

commando (plural commandos)

1. A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 89:

     The most important objective was at Batna itself, where a group of three commandos each comprising ten men was to attack Deleplanque's sub-prefecture [...].

2. A commando trooper
3. (historical) An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops

Translations

• French: commando
• German: Kommando

Translations

• German: Kommandosoldat

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