capataz
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The capataz, or boss of the ranch, agreed.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
"What was he called—the capataz the man who led the picaroons?"
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
The capataz drew his face close to a lantern, and scrutinized him.
From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
John Gordon, the "capataz" of the sheep, had a nice bay horse, about five years old, belonging to himself, which had been born and grown up, and also been tamed on the estancia.
From Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay by Tetley, William C.
Our Gaucho capataz was just telling a story, an adventure of his own, in the lonely pampas.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon
In 1949 it insisted that workers unloading cargoes for Clark Field should be paid direct, not by the capataces.
From Time Magazine Archive
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