Sandinista

noun

: a member of a military and political coalition holding power in Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990

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Carter immediately broke with the Somoza regime, which collapsed within weeks and gave rise to the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a revolutionary but eventually anti-American group. Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Back then, Nicaragua had just succumbed to the communist Sandinista revolution. Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Augusto César Sandino †1933 Nicaraguan rebel leader

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Sandinista was in 1974

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“Sandinista.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sandinista. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.

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