The word "commando" can also refer to a rather than an individual. Historically, these unit sizes varied:
Historically, in British and Commonwealth forces (WWII to present), a was a specific unit , not a single person.
This often stems from a popular military joke where a single commando lures hundreds of enemy soldiers over a hill, only for a survivor to reveal it was a trap because "there were two of them". The Reality:
In the Boer War, "commandos" were militia units of varying sizes, typically consisting of around 20 to several hundred mounted men. Modern Units: