Noun: commando
| Singular | commando |
| Plural | commandos; commandoes |
Sample Sentences
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The most important objective was at Batna itself, where a group of three commandos each comprising ten men was to attack Deleplanque's sub-prefecture […]. [1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 89:]
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Ben Grant, 30, who spent more than five years as a commando in the Royal Marines, is part of group of seven ex-servicemen who arrived in Ukraine over the weekend to fight invading Russian forces. [2022 March 8, “Tory MP’s son among UK ex-servicemen heading to Ukrainian front line”, in the Guardian:]
Nouns inflected like commando
great go,
great-go,
senhor,
afrancesado,
sprite halo,
shacko,
commando,
villiaco,
magic Negro,
Phnom Laang bent-toed gecko,
chacmool,
yerbal,
depressor,
bombolo,
bolivar,
bolívar,
buccinator,
boratto,
botargo,
slashed zero, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Afrikaans kommando, from Portuguese comando (“command”), from Late Latin *commandare, from Latin commendare. See: Portuguese Nouns '
comando', Latin Nouns '
commendare'.
Verbs referencing "commando"
Polish Nouns
komando.