Etymology

bandeirante

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Today it means: adventurers and slavers from São Paulo, who were responsible for exploring much of early colonial Brazil. Full definition →

Portuguese bandeirante
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  1. Portuguese · borrowed frombandeirante
  2. English todaybandeirante

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.