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
often capitalized
: a political association: such as
a
: a Jewish socialist organization founded in czarist Russia in 1897
b
: a pro-Nazi German-American organization of the 1930s
bundist noun often capitalized

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German bond yields were also up on Thursday, with the yield on 10-year bunds — the euro zone benchmark — jumping by 5 basis points. Jenni Reid, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Hindi baṅd & Urdu band, from Persian

Noun (2)

Yiddish bund & German Bund, from Middle High German bunt; akin to Old English byndel

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1850, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bund was in 1810

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“Bund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bund. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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