bund

¹

[ buhnd ]

noun

1. an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.

Bund

²

[ boond, buhnd; German boont ]

noun

, plural Bunds, German Bün·de [byn, -d, uh].

1. a short form of “German-American Volksbund,” a pro-Nazi organization in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s.
2. (often lowercase) an alliance or league, especially a political society.

Bund

¹

/ bʊnd; bʊnt /

noun

1. sometimes not capital a federation or league
2. short for German American Bund , an organization of US Nazis and Nazi sympathizers in the 1930s and 1940s
3. an organization of socialist Jewish workers in Russia founded in 1897
4. the confederation of N German states, which existed from 1867–71

bund

²

/ bʌnd /

noun

1. an embankment; dyke
2. an embanked road or quay

Other Words From

• Bundist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bund¹

1805–15; < Hindi band < Persian: dam, levee; akin to bind, bond ¹

Origin of bund²

< German: association, league

Word History and Origins

Origin of bund¹

C19: German; related to band ², bind

Origin of bund²

C19: from Hindi band , from Persian; related to Sanskrit bandha band ¹

Example Sentences

As a regular tourist—a.k.a. someone not trying to cash in on China—stay on the Bund.

From The Daily Beast

A moment later and his eyes were straining after a figure that was fast disappearing up the bund.

From Project Gutenberg

A few minutes later they were walking down the Bund, with the cool night-air playing upon their fevered faces.

From Project Gutenberg

Up and down the Bund they course, here at exporting, there at importing.

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The "Rhine-Bund," therefore, was constructed just as France desired.

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The utmost they would yield was to be united into a confederacy called the Bund, with a Diet meeting at Frankfurt.

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