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The definition of a bund is stone or earth formed into an embankment to hold back water or an alliance, generally in a religious or political society.

(noun)

An example of a bund is a dike.
An example of a bund is a group fighting for socialism.

See bund in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or Bund

noun pl. bunds ,

a league or confederation
a political organization; specif., the German-American Bund, a former pro-Nazi organization in the U.S.

Origin: Ger < root of binden, bind

Related Forms:

bundist noun

noun

in India and the Far East, an embankment or quay, or an embanked road along a waterfront

Origin: Anglo-Ind < Hindi band, embankment, dike < Pers bändär, harbor

See bund in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An embankment or dike, especially in India.
A street running along a harbor or waterway, especially in the Far East.

Origin:

Origin: Hindi band

Origin: , from Persian

Origin: , from Middle Persian

Origin: , from Avestan *banda-

Origin: , from Old Iranian; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots

noun

An association, especially a political association.
often Bund A pro-Nazi German-American organization of the 1930s.
often Bund A European Jewish socialist movement founded in Russia in 1897.

Origin:

Origin: German

Origin: , from Middle High German bunt; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

bundˈist noun

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