adelantado
Americannoun
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adelantados
plural
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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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Troubles broke out almost immediately between the creole settlers and the Spaniards who had been sent over by the adelantado to fill offices and get the best things in distributions of land and slaves.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
We return now to the adelantado, whom we left at Tobasco.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens
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 John L. Stephens
The adelantado represented to him the great service he might render the king, and by promises of reward induced him to remain.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens
Roused by the arrival of Davila, the adelantado determined to make another attempt to penetrate the country.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens
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 Herbert Eugene Bolton
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 Thomas C. Dawson
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 Thomas C. Dawson
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 Thomas C. Dawson
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