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Zapatista, n. and a.
Brit. |ˌzapəˈtiːstə|, U.S. |ˌzæpəˈtistə|
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
[‹ Spanish Zapatista (1926–8 or earlier) > n.) + -ista -ist suffix. Compare Zapatist n.]
A. n.
1. A supporter of Zapata; a member of the revolutionary guerilla movement founded c 1910 by Zapata and which fought during the Mexican Revolution to achieve the redistribution of agricultural land. Now hist.
1911Nevada State Jrnl. 24 Aug. 2/5 Mobs..whose members are said to have been bandits rather than Zapatistas. 1926Times 14 Jan. 13/5 The night before the Zapatistas had burnt down the station and looted the village at the top of the pass. 1981L. B. Hall Álvaro Obregón vii. 95 Pancho Villa had gained significant advantages: he had acquired an aura of legitimacy, and he had made an important alliance with the Zapatistas. 1995T. Barry Zapata's Revenge i. 21 To restore a measure of political stability, Obregón successfully pacified the zapatistas with an extensive land distribution in Morelos.
2. A member or supporter of a revolutionary force espousing ideals for social and agrarian reform similar to those of Zapata, and which launched a popular uprising in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas in January 1994.
1994Associated Press Worldstream (Nexis) 1 Jan. The Zapatistas announced in June that their supporters had overwhelmingly rejected the peace proposal. 1996Daily Yomiuri 29 Apr. 11/1 At sunset, we rolled into this village of rank-and-file Zapatistas six miles from the Guatemalan border. 2001J. A. Tickner Gendering World Politics v. 138 The Zapatistas understood the link between international trade and their own security.
B. adj. (attrib.). Of, relating to, or designating the Zapatistas (in either sense).
1912Washington Post 19 Feb. 1/3 Bands which appear to be not closely connected with the Zapatista movement. 1950F. Tannenbaum Mexico iv. 64 He..placed a Zapatista general in charge of troops in Morelos. 1994Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 2 Jan. a8/2 In a statement faxed to the news media, the Zapatista Army..said thousands of armed men and women seized San Cristobal de las Casas. 2001N.Y. Rev. Bks. 18 Oct. 16/2 What are we to make of an event as strange as the continuing Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, along Mexico's southern border? |