Sentence example with the word 'commando'

commando

Definition n. a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids

Last update: June 16, 2015


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Sechele was regarded by the Boers as owing them allegiance, and in August 1852 Pretorius sent against him a commando (in which Paul Kruger served as a field cornet), alleging that the Bakwena were harbouring a Bakatla chief who had looted cattle belonging to Boer farmers.   [Please select]

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And besides, she knew how to commando "Away with you."   [Please select]

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We got within breathing distance of the Commando--how many strong.   [Please select]

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'I was in the commando of that Smuts who has now been bought by England.'   [Please select]

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On that kopje to the right there is a commando of Boers.   [Please select]

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They had gone in a direction opposite to safety, and after a couple of hours had fallen in with a straggling portion of a Boer Commando.   [Please select]

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The ordinary Roman citizen, like the ordinary Boer, was a farmer; at the summons of his country he went “on commando.   [Please select]

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