com|man|do

com|man|do
com|man|do or Com|man|do «kuh MAN doh, -MAHN-», noun, plural, -dos or -does.
1. a soldier trained to make brief, daring, surprise raids upon enemy territory.
2. a group of such soldiers.
3. in South Africa: a) an armed force raised by Portuguese or Dutch settlers against bandits and marauders, or by the Boers against the British. b) a raid by such a force.
╂[< Afrikaans kommando, Dutch, a troop under a commander < Portuguese, a command < commandar to command < Vulgar Latin commandāre; see etym. under command (Cf. ↑command)]

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