Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - commando
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(commandos, or commandoes) 1. A commando is a group of soldiers who have been specially trained to carry out surprise attacks. ...a small commando of marines... The hostages were freed in the commando raid. N-COUNT: oft N n 2. A commando is a soldier who is a member of a commando. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -dos or -does) Etymology: Afrikaans kommando, from Dutch ~ command, from Spanish comando, from comandar to command, from Late Latin commandare Date: 1839 1. South African a. a military unit or command of the Boers b. a raiding expedition 2. a. a military unit trained and organized as shock troops especially for hit-and-run raids into enemy territory b. a member of such a unit ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -os) Mil. 1 a a unit of British amphibious shock troops. b a member of such a unit. c a similar unit or member of such a unit elsewhere. 2 a a party of men called out for military service. b a body of troops. 3 (attrib.) of or concerning a commando (a commando operation). Etymology: Port. f. commandar COMMAND ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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командос 1) военнослужащий разведовательно-диверсионных отрядов ВМС Navy 2) военнослужащий подразделения специальных операций ВМС ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. воен. десантно-диверсионная часть морской пехоты 2. воен. командос, солдат, сержант или офицер десантно-диверсионных войск 3. воен. отряд буров (во время англо-бурской войны) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- Afrikaans, "a troop under a commander," from Port., lit. "party commanded," in use c.1809 during the Peninsula campaign, then from 1834, in a S.African sense, of military expeditions of the Boers against the natives; modern sense is from 1940, first attested in Winston Churchill's writings, who may have picked it up during the Boer War. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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