Synonyms for commando

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh-man-doh, -mahn-

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmæn doʊ, -ˈmɑn-

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Définition of commando

Origin : Afrikaans, "a troop under a commander," from Portuguese, literally "party commanded" (see command (v.)); in use c.1809 during the Peninsula campaign, then from 1834, in a South African sense, of military expeditions of the Boers against the natives; modern sense is from 1940 (originally shock troops to repel the threatened German invasion of England), first attested in writings of Winston Churchill, who could have picked it up during the Boer War. Phrase going commando "not wearing underwear" attested by 1996, U.S. slang, perhaps on notion of being ready for instant action.

As in soldier : noun person serving in military
As in special forces : noun specially trained military troops
As in task force : noun group set to carry out a task
As in guerrilla : noun bushfighter

Example sentences :

Yesterday you were on commando with Lotter; your brother was shot and taken by us.
Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer

But for these infirmities these men would have been on commando with their brother burghers.
Extract from : « The Petticoat Commando » by Johanna Brandt

We have halted at Rietfontein which is a mile or so from Commando Nek.
Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross

To-day we have returned to Commando Nek, at least within a mile or so of it.
Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross

His commando consisted of 400 mounted men and about 100 dismounted.
Extract from : « The Peace Negotiations » by J. D. Kestell

His commando of 113 men was still in the Piet Retief district.
Extract from : « The Peace Negotiations » by J. D. Kestell

If a commando cannot remain in its district, it can go somewhere else where it can exist.
Extract from : « The Peace Negotiations » by J. D. Kestell

Would he be likely to ride off somewhere to where there is a commando?
Extract from : « A Dash from Diamond City » by George Manville Fenn

The Pretoria Commando had nearly shared this melancholy fate.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War » by Ben Viljoen.

Probably also the British had some respect for the prowess of my commando.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War » by Ben Viljoen.

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