See also: Bandeirante

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Etymology

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From Portuguese bandeirante, from bandeira (flag).

Noun

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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

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Etymology

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From bandeira +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

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  • (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]
 

Noun

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bandeirante m or f by sense (plural bandeirantes)

  1. (historical) bandeirante
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