adelantado

[ad-l-ahn-tah-doh; Spanish ah-th e-lahn-tah-th aw]

noun, plural a·de·lan·ta·dos

[ad-l-ahn-tah-dohz; Spanish ah-th e-lahn-tah-th aws] /ˌæd l ɑnˈtɑ doʊz; Spanish ˌɑ ðɛ lɑnˈtɑ ðɔs/. History/Historical.

a governor of a province in Spain or of a Spanish colonial province.
any of the early explorers, conquerors, or colonizers in Spanish America.

Origin of adelantado

1835–45, Americanism; < 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)

Examples from the Web for adelantado

Historical Examples of adelantado

Hernando de Soto, the Adelantado of Florida, and that ismystory.
The Trail Book
Mary Austin
There is no good English equivalent for Soto's title of Adelantado.
The Trail Book
Mary Austin
He had been in the service of the Adelantado, and was not unrecognized.
Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery
Justin Winsor
It is possible that the Adelantado was dispatched with the letter.
Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery
Justin Winsor
I am Pedro Melendez, adelantado of all this Florida, and of the isles thereof.
The Lily and the Totem
William Gilmore Simms