Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bandeirante

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ban-deirante
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

adventurers and slavers from São Paulo, who were responsible for exploring much of early colonial Brazil.

noun

person who was born in the State of São Paulo, which is known as Bandeirante State

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: bandeirante

Inflected Forms

bandeirantes (plural)

Questions

What does bandeirante mean?: adventurers and slavers from São Paulo, who were responsible for exploring much of early colonial Brazil.
Where does bandeirante come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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