brigadista

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noun

A member of the Spanish International Brigades (Brigadas Internacionales).

OriginSpanish brigadista →
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Meanings

nounbrigadista (plural brigadistas)

plural brigadistas

  1. historicalA member of the Spanish International Brigades (Brigadas Internacionales).

    Maybe they're a little leary of sending all these queers to their unsuspecting Nicaraguan friends but they have shown no hesitation accepting our applications to be brigadistas.

    1984 April 28, Loie Hayes, “Passionate Politics in Nicaragua”, in Gay Community News, page 8

Origin

  1. Spanishbrigadista
  2. Englishbrigadista

From Spanish brigadista. By surface analysis, brigade + -ista.

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APA

brigadista. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brigadista

MLA

“brigadista.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brigadista. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brigadista,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brigadista.

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