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- adjective Without a
military commander .
Etymologies
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commander + -less
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Other fresh regiments joined in the countercharge, commanderless groups of retreating men returned to their work, and there ensued a hand-to-hand contest of incredible fury.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 Ambrose Bierce 1878
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