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Banderite

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: [ˈbændəɹaɪ̯t]
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bandera, Banderist, Banderovite

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of, or one who subscribes to the ideas of, the political movement of Stepan Bandera.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Banderist, Banderovite

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A nationalist Ukrainian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, sometimes

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

First attested in 1951. Borrowed from Ukrainian банде́рівець (bandérivecʹ) + -ite, from the surname of Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist leader. Compare Russian банде́ровец (bandɛ́rovec).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բանդերական (banderakan) — of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement
  • Belarusian: бандэ́раўскі (bandérawski) — of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement
  • Hungarian: banderista — of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement
  • Polish: banderowski — of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement
  • Russian: банде́ровский (bandɛ́rovskij) — of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement
  • Ukrainian: банде́рівський (bandérivsʹkyj) — of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement
  • Armenian: բանդերական (banderakan) — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Belarusian: бандэ́равец (bandéravjec) — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Belarusian: бандэ́раўка (bandérawka) — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Czech: banderovec — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Czech: banderovkyně — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Finnish: banderiitti — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • French: bandériste — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • German: Banderist — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Hungarian: banderista — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Polish: banderowiec — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Polish: banderówka — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Russian: банде́ровец (bandɛ́rovec) — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Russian: банде́ровка (bandɛ́rovka) — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Ukrainian: банде́рі́вець (bandérívecʹ) — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement
  • Ukrainian: банде́рі́вка (bandérívka) — a member of Stepan Bandera's movement