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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 765 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COMMANDEER (from the See also:South See also:African Dutch kommanderen, to command) , properly, to compel the performance of military See also:duty in the See also:field, especially of the military service of the See also:Boer republics (see See also:COMMANDO); also to seize See also:property for military purposes; hence used of any See also:peremptory seizure for other than military purposes.

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