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