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commando

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

commando a soldier specially trained for carrying out raids; a unit of such troops. The term is recorded from the late 18th century (denoting a militia, originally consisting of Boers in South Africa); it comes ultimately from Portuguese commandar ‘to command’.
go commando informal expression meaning, wear no underpants.

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commando

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com·man·do / kəˈmandō/ • n. (pl. -dos) a soldier specially trained to carry out raids. ∎ a unit of such troops. ∎ a group forming part of a larger organization, typically an illegal or secret one, and carrying out attacks on its behalf.

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Commando

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

Commando C-46 an aircraft originally designed for civil transport but built only for military use.

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commando

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

commando n. pl. -os
1. a soldier specially trained to carry out raids: the commando unhooked a grenade from his belt.

2. a unit of such troops.

3. a group forming part of a larger organization, typically an illegal or secret one, and carrying out attacks on its behalf.

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commando

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

commando •foreshadow, shadow •Faldo •accelerando, bandeau, Brando, glissando, Orlando •eyeshadow •aficionado, amontillado, avocado, Bardo, Barnardo, bastinado, bravado, Colorado, desperado, Dorado, eldorado, incommunicado, Leonardo, Mikado, muscovado, Prado, renegado, Ricardo, stifado •commando •eddo, Edo, meadow •crescendo, diminuendo, innuendo, kendo •carbonado, dado, Feydeau, gambado, Oviedo, Toledo, tornado •aikido, bushido, credo, Guido, Ido, libido, lido, speedo, teredo, torpedo, tuxedo •widow • dildo • window •Dido, Fido, Hokkaido •condo, rondeau, rondo, secondo, tondo •Waldo •dodo, Komodo, Quasimodo •escudo, judo, ludo, pseudo, testudo, Trudeau •weirdo • sourdough • fricandeau •tournedos • Murdo

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