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

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