commando : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: commando	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for commando
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
commando n a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids Synonym(s): commando, ranger an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commando \Comman"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.