Banderite
English
editEtymology
editFirst attested in 1951. Borrowed from Ukrainian банде́рівець (bandérivecʹ) + -ite, from the surname of Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist leader. Compare Russian банде́ровец (bandɛ́rovec).
Pronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): [ˈbændəɹaɪ̯t]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editBanderite (plural Banderites)
- A member of, or one who subscribes to the ideas of, the political movement of Stepan Bandera.
- Synonyms: Banderist, Banderovite
- 2004, Evgenii D. Moniushko, David M. Glantz, From Leningrad to Hungary: Notes of a Red Army Soldier, 1941-1946, page 92:
- Shooting could not be avoided both times when we took into custody suspicious persons who turned out to be Banderites
- (sometimes derogatory) A nationalist Ukrainian.
Translations
edita member of Stepan Bandera's movement
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Adjective
editBanderite (comparative more Banderite, superlative most Banderite)
- Of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement.
- Synonyms: Bandera, Banderist, Banderovite
Usage notes
editAlthough the term is usually neutral in academic English, it is sometimes derogatory, especially in the context of the Soviet Union, Russia, or Eastern Ukraine.
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