Za·pa·tis·ta 
(zä′-pə-tēstə)
(zä′-pə-tēstə)n.
1. A follower of Emiliano Zapata.
2. 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.
[Spanish zapatista : after Emiliano ZAPATA + -ista, -ist (from Latin -istes, -ista; see -IST).]