Zapatista Definition
zä-pə-tēstə
noun
A follower of Emiliano Zapata.
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A member of a libertarian socialist guerrilla movement of southern Mexico, arising in the 1990s and calling especially for agrarian reform, local control of local resources, and political autonomy for the state of Chiapas.
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Origin of Zapatista
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Spanish zapatista after Emiliano Zapata -ista -ist (from Latin -istes, -ista -ist)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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