First Known Use: 1810
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1bund
noun \ˈbənd\
Definition of BUND
1
: an embankment used especially in India to control the flow of water
2
: an embanked thoroughfare along a river or the sea especially in the Far East
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Origin of BUND
Hindi baṅd & Urdu band, from Persian
2bund
noun, often capitalized \ˈbu̇nd, ˈbənd, ˈbu̇nt\
Definition of BUND
: a political association: as a : a Jewish socialist organization founded in czarist Russia in 1897 b : a pro-Nazi German-American organization of the 1930s
— bund·ist \ˈbu̇n-dist, ˈbən-\ noun often capitalized
Origin of BUND
Yiddish bund & German Bund, from Middle High German bunt; akin to Old English byndel
First Known Use: 1850
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