Zapatista


Za·pa·tis·ta

Z5004300 (zä′-pə-tē′stə)n.1. A follower of Emiliano Zapata.2. A member of a libertarian socialist guerrilla movement of southern Mexico, arising in the 1990s and calling especially for agrarian reform, local control of local resources, and political autonomy for the state of Chiapas.
[Spanish zapatista : after Emiliano Zapata + -ista, -ist (from Latin -istes, -ista; see -ist).]