Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member or advocate of the leftist political party that governed Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish sandinista, after César Augusto Sandino + Spanish -ista, -ist (from Latin -istēs, -ista; see –ist).]

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Examples

  • I am looking for crazy guerilla tactics to keep the art-form alive and well (hence, the play on words by merging 'Choral' and 'Sandinista' - I'm a product of the 80's).

    Archive 2007-10-01 Celeste Winant 2007

  • I am looking for crazy guerilla tactics to keep the art-form alive and well (hence, the play on words by merging 'Choral' and 'Sandinista' - I'm a product of the 80's).

    New choral blog Celeste Winant 2007

  • In the 1980s, Democrats cut off funds for the contra rebels in Nicaragua, delaying their liberation from Communist Sandinista rule.

    Libya and Republicans 2011

  • In Nicaragua itself the United States helped create and lavishly funded through legal and illegal means a group of counterrevolutionaries seeking to overthrow the leftist Sandinista government backed by Cuba and to some extent the USSR.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Recent economic agreements with Iran, the Nicaraguan noted, weren't a reflection of Sandinista foreign policy but rather represented "an acknowledgment that Nicaragua depends upon the largesse" of the Islamic Republic for oil.

    Nikolas Kozloff: Ahmadinejad in Managua: WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. Fears of Nicaraguan-Iranian Rapprochement Nikolas Kozloff 2012

  • Then in 1979, Mr. Ortega and his fellow Sandinista comandantes tried to put a Nicaraguan stamp on their own anti-Yankee revolution.

    Where Gadhafi's Name Is Still Gold Nicholas Casey 2011

  • There were also boys serving soft drinks, those made and bottled in the then-revolutionary and U.S.-embargoed Sandinista Nicaragua.

    Terence Clarke: Baseball Dreams Terence Clarke 2011

  • Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, the former Sandinista revolutionary, has been telephoning Mr. Gadhafi to express his solidarity against Libyan rebels.

    Where Gadhafi's Name Is Still Gold Nicholas Casey 2011

  • There were also boys serving soft drinks, those made and bottled in the then-revolutionary and U.S.-embargoed Sandinista Nicaragua.

    Terence Clarke: Baseball Dreams Terence Clarke 2011

  • Through the years, Mr. Gadhafi has given millions of dollars to Mr. Ortega's Sandinista movement, and even lent the Nicaraguan a presidential plane when Mr. Ortega visited Libya in 2007 and then flew on to Iran, where he made an anti-U.S. speech.

    Where Gadhafi's Name Is Still Gold Nicholas Casey 2011

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