commando


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
commando/kəˈmɑːndəʊ/
noun (pl. commandos) a soldier specially trained for carrying out raids.

■ a unit of commandos.

– origin C18: from Port. (earlier form of comando), from commandar ‘to command’.
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