COMMANDO

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: commandoes

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("commando" is a kind of...):

force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commando"):

sayeret; Sayeret Mat'kal; Sayeret Matkal (Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions)

SAS; Special Air Service (a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids

Synonyms:

commando; ranger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people