Zapatista UK /ˌzɑː.pəˈtiːs.tə/US /ˌzæ.pəˈtis.tə/adjective 2noun 2forms 1 adjective2 •Of or relating to Zapatismo. •Of or relating to the Zapatistas. noun2 •A member of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, an indigenous leftist group that formed in the jungles of Chiapas in 1983 and coordinated an uprising on January 1, 1994, the day NAFTA took effect. •(historical) A member of the Liberation Army of the South, a group formed and led by Emiliano Zapata that took part in the Mexican Revolution. formsZapatistas