Meanings
adjectiveZapatista (not comparable)
alternative Zapatist
- not comparableOf or relating to Zapatismo.
- not comparableOf or relating to the Zapatistas.
nounZapatista (plural Zapatistas)
plural Zapatistas · alternative Zapatist
- historicalA member of the Liberation Army of the South, a group formed and led by Emiliano Zapata that took part in the Mexican Revolution.
- A member of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, an indigenous leftist group that formed in the jungles of Chiapas in 1983 and coordinated an uprising on January 1, 1994, the day NAFTA took effect.
Origin
- SpanishZapata
- Spanishzapatista
- EnglishZapatista
Borrowed from Spanish zapatista.
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APA
Zapatista. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zapatista
MLA
“Zapatista.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zapatista. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zapatista,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zapatista.
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