adelantado
Americannoun
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a governor of a province in Spain or of a Spanish colonial province.
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any of the early explorers, conquerors, or colonizers in Spanish America.
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Etymology
Origin of adelantado
1835–45, < Spanish, noun use of past participle of adelantar to go forward, derivative of adelante in front ( a- (< Latin ad- ad- ) + delante before, for denante < Late Latin dē in ante )
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In August 1534 the adelantado, or governor, sailed from San Lucar, at the head of the largest and wealthiest expedition that had ever left Europe for the New World.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
The fleet stopped at the island of Cozumel, where the adelantado had great difficulty in communicating with the Indians from want of an interpreter.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
Here the adelantado made one unfortunate and fatal movement.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
The adelantado now made preparations to return to Yucatan.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
He had come to be their friend; he desired, also, to be a Christian, and asked the adelantado to go through some Christian ceremonies.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.
The horses brought over by the adelantados had multiplied amazingly, and were spreading wild over the pampa to the south.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
They paid scant respect to the adelantados, whom the Castilian king sent out one after another as feudal proprietors.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
These "adelantados" contracted to conquer, at their own charges, the particular districts granted them, certain profits being reserved to the crown, and Charles V. freely granted such patents.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
The governors.—The old days of the adelantados, with unlimited powers, had passed, and the royal arm now reached the farthest outposts.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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