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bandeirantes

bandeirantes is the plural of bandeirante.

Meaning of bandeirante

Noun

bandeirante (plural bandeirantes)

  1. (historical) adventurers and slavers from São Paulo, who were responsible for exploring much of early colonial Brazil.
    • Its tough and cruel settler bandeirantes were the first Europeans to penetrate Brazil's interior on their long slaving forays against the índios.2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 14
  2. person who was born in the State of São Paulo, which is known as Bandeirante State

Questions about bandeirantes

What is bandeirantes the plural of?
Bandeirantes is the plural of bandeirante.

Words near bandeirantes in the dictionary

  1. banded tube
  2. banded tubes
  3. bandedness
  4. bandeirante
  5. Bandeirante State
  6. bandeirantes
  7. Bandel
  8. bandelet
  9. bandelets
  10. bandelier
  11. bandeliers

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