adelantado
noun
a governor of a province in Spain or of a Spanish colonial province.
adelantados
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pluralof adelantado.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
