bandeirante

See also: Bandeirante

English

Etymology

From Portuguese bandeirante, from bandeira (“flag”).

Noun

bandeirante (plural bandeirantes)

1. (historical) One of the European adventurers and slavers who were responsible for exploring much of early colonial Brazil.
   • 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 14:

     Its tough and cruel settler bandeirantes were the first Europeans to penetrate Brazil's interior on their long slaving forays against the índios.

   • 2015 April 24, Bruce Douglas, “Brazil activists to walk 600 miles for 'free markets, lower taxes and privatisation'”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     On Friday afternoon, Santos and a few dozen other activists will set off from the Praça Panamericana in western São Paulo on a 1,000km (621-mile) walk to Brasília, the Brazilian capital, following one of the routes of the bandeirantes.

Portuguese

Etymology

From bandeira +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [bɐ̃.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [bɐ̃.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃.te/ [bɐ̃.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.dɐjˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.dɐjˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.dejˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.dejˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.deˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: ban‧dei‧ran‧te

Noun

bandeirante m or f by sense (plural bandeirantes)

1. (historical) bandeirante

Related terms

• bandeira