bandeirante

== English == === Etymology === From Portuguese bandeirante, from bandeira (“flag”). === Noun === bandeirante (plural bandeirantes) (historical) adventurers and slavers from São Paulo, who were responsible for exploring much of early colonial Brazil. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) person who was born in the State of São Paulo, which is known as Bandeirante State == Portuguese == === Etymology === From bandeira +‎ -ante. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ Homophone: Bandeirante Hyphenation: ban‧dei‧ran‧te === Noun === bandeirante m (plural bandeirantes) (historical) bandeirante Hypernym: sertanista ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bandeirante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bandeirante”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “bandeirante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “bandeirante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “bandeirante”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN