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Boer commando
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<p>The Boer Commandos or "Kommandos" were volunteer military units of <a href="/facts/Guerrilla/IMWNg4bI">guerrilla</a> <a href="/facts/Militia/c7CHBd54">militia</a> organized by the <a href="/facts/Boer/x901A7RV">Boer</a> people of <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a>. From this came the term "commando" into the English language during the <a href="/facts/Second_Boer_War/LSEc1IgQ">Second Boer War</a> of 1899–1902 as per Costica Andrew. </p>