Fidelista

[ fee-de-lee-stuh; Spanish fee-the-lees-tah ]

noun

, plural Fi·de·lis·tas [fee-de-, lee, -st, uh, z, fee-, th, e-, lees, -tahs].

1. Fidelist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fidelista¹

1955–60; < Spanish fidelista, equivalent to Fidel ( Castro ) + -ista -ist

Example Sentences

With her mahogany-hued skin, Cary was a beneficiary of the revolution’s much-improved race relations; she had been a stalwart Fidelista, a Russian-trained engineer who rose to a vice minister’s post.

From Washington Post

“I’m a Fidelista, entirely in favor of the revolution,” declared Meraldo Nojas Sutil, 78, who moved to Hershey when he was 11 and worked in the plant during the 1960s and ’70s.

From New York Times

"Everyone here is sad. Everyone is a Fidelista," said Anaida Gonzales, a retired nursing professor in central Camaguey province.

From Reuters

“We Cubans are Fidelista even if we are not Communist.”

From The Guardian

The airport worker is a devoted Fidelista who still drapes a revolutionary flag from his apartment window on national day.

From The Guardian