Sandinist, a. and n.
(sændɪˈniːst, ˈsændɪnɪst)
[ad. Sp. Sandinista Sandinista n. (a.): see -ist.]
= Sandinista n. (a.)
| 1969 Tricontinental July 43/1 The Sandinist Front has rejected the terms ‘villains’, ‘highwaymen’, and ‘bandits’ that the Nicaraguan and Costa Rica press are using to describe the Nicaraguan patriots. 1977 Washington Post 14 Oct. a21/6 Many of the Sandinists are believed living in exile in Costa Rica. 1978 N.Y. Times 29 Jan. iv. 4/1 Perhaps more than any other guerilla group in Latin America, Nicaragua's Sandinist National Liberation Front..has won the support or sympathy of broad sectors of the population. 1987 J. R. Thackrah Encycl. Terrorism & Pol. Violence 220 The year before their deaths, the Sandinists split into three factions, the smallest of which was the Marxist – Leninist GPP. |