Banderite

Banderite

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Banderite (plural Banderites)

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

   Synonyms: Banderist, Banderovite

   • 2004, Evgenii D. Moniushko, David M. Glantz, From Leningrad to Hungary: Notes of a Red Army Soldier, 1941-1946, page 92:

     Shooting could not be avoided both times when we took into custody suspicious persons who turned out to be Banderites

2. (sometimes derogatory) A nationalist Ukrainian.

Translations

a member of Stepan Bandera's movement

Armenian: բանդերական (banderakan) Belarusian: бандэ́равец m (bandéravjec), бандэ́раўка f (bandéraŭka) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: banderiitti French: please add this translation if you can Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Banderist m Hungarian: banderista Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Polish: banderowiec (pl) m, banderówka f Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: банде́ровец (ru) m (bandɛ́rovec), банде́ровка (ru) f (bandɛ́rovka) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: банде́рі́вець m (bandérívecʹ), банде́рі́вка f (bandérívka)

Adjective

Banderite (comparative more Banderite, superlative most Banderite)

1. Of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement.

   Synonyms: Bandera, Banderist, Banderovite

Usage notes

Although the term is usually neutral in academic English, it is sometimes derogatory, especially in the context of the Soviet Union, Russia, or Eastern Ukraine.

Translations

of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement

Armenian: բանդերական (banderakan) Belarusian: бандэ́раўскі (bandéraŭski) Hungarian: banderista Polish: banderowski (pl) Russian: банде́ровский (ru) (bandɛ́rovskij) Ukrainian: банде́рівський (bandérivsʹkyj)

Related terms

• Banderism
• Judeo-Banderite
• Zhydo-Banderite

See also

• Hetmanite, hetmanite
• Hetmanist, hetmanist
• Mazepite, mazepite
• Melnykite, Melnikite
• Melnykist, Melnikist
• Petliurite
• Petliurist
• Ustashe