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comando
Portuguese · medieval
"a command"
meaning "a command" or "order"
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kommando
Afrikaans · 1700s-1800s
"a small mobile military unit"
applied to a small mobile military unit in southern Africa
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commando
English · 1800s-1900s
"a soldier trained for rapid raiding operations"
adopted during the Boer Wars, later used for elite soldiers
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