bandeirante

noun2

1. •
   (historical) adventurers and slavers from São Paulo, who were responsible for exploring much of early colonial Brazil.

   • Its tough and cruel settler bandeirantes were the first Europeans to penetrate Brazil's interior on their long slaving forays against the índios. — 2003
2. •
   person who was born in the State of São Paulo, which is known as Bandeirante State