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)]