Zapata

[zuh-pah-tuh; Spanish sah-pah-tah]

noun

E·mi·lia·no

[e-mee-lyah-naw] /ˌɛ miˈlyɑ nɔ/, 1877?–1919, Mexican revolutionary and agrarian reformer: guerrilla leader 1911–16.

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Examples from the Web for zapata

Villa and Zapata looked on, smiling their papier mache smiles, sure they had seen something like this before.
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution|Jason McGahan|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The faces of Villa and Zapata looked on from the opposite end of the square.
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution|Jason McGahan|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The evening of that same day, Friday, May 9, the governor summoned the auditor Zapata and the fiscal to a meeting.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXV, 1635-36|Various
He can always go--in Zapata's country--to any store and get a pair when he needs one.
The Red Conspiracy|Joseph J. Mereto

Presented me with cornhusk cigarettes; told me tales of Zapata; his perfidy, his ruthlessness.
The Red Conspiracy|Joseph J. Mereto
Indeed, there has been a public outcry against the suspicious vitality of the Zapata movement.
Diplomatic Days|Edith O'Shaughnessy
Some of the fighters believed the words of Zapata: "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
The Haciendas of Mexico|Paul Alexander Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for zapata

Zapata

noun

Emiliano (emiˈljano). ?1877–1919, Mexican guerrilla leader

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