commando

A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.

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 […].

A commando trooper.

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.

An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops.