bund


2bund

noun, often capitalized \ˈbnd, ˈbənd, ˈbnt\

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 \ˈbn-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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