Commando \Com*man"do\, n. [D. See Command, v. t.]

In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.

The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country. --James Bryce.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)