Aprista

noun

Apris·​ta

äˈprēstə

plural -s

: a member or adherent of any of various Latin-American socialist parties advocating division of landed estates, domestic social reform, and cooperation among Latin-American countries

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Apra + Spanish -ista -ist

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