I. ˈbənd noun
Etymology: Hindi baṅd & Urdu band, from Persian
Date: 1810
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
II. ˈbu̇nd, ˈbənd, ˈbu̇nt noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Yiddish bund & German Bund, from Middle High German bunt; akin to Old English byndel
Date: 1850
: 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 ˈbu̇n-dist, ˈbən- noun , often capitalized