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• corregidor
  corregidor

  noun

  the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
• Corregidor
  Corregidor

  noun

  an island in Manila Bay, in the Philippines: U.S. forces defeated by the Japanese in May, 1942. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).

corregidor

¹ American  

[kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr, kawr-re-hee-thawr] / kəˈrɛg ɪˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, kɔrˌrɛ hiˈðɔr /

noun

plural

corregidors, corregidores

1. the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.

2. History/Historical. (in Spanish America)

   1. a minor administrative unit.

   2. the chief officer of such a district.

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Corregidor ² American  

[kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr, kawr-re-hee-thawr] / kəˈrɛg ɪˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, kɔrˌrɛ hiˈðɔr /

noun

1. an island in Manila Bay, in the Philippines: U.S. forces defeated by the Japanese in May, 1942. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).

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Corregidor British  

/ kəˈrɛɡɪˌdɔː /

noun

1. an island at the entrance to Manila Bay, in the Philippines: site of the defeat of American forces by the Japanese (1942) in World War II

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Etymology

Origin of corregidor

1585–95; < Spanish, derivative of corregir to correct

Example Sentences

We are interlopers here, and so too is Zama, a Spanish corregidor played in a superbly weary, bone-dry performance by Daniel Giménez Cacho.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2018

Such were the concluding words of the corregidor of Madrid, which, whether they expressed his private opinion or not, were certainly grounded on sense and reason. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

The regidores of the ayuntamientos, or lay cabildos, were checked by the royal judge or corregidor, who was in fact the permanent chairman or president.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

The said jurisdiction has another province called Canttanduanes, which has its own corregidor; and some small islands a short distance from the mainland.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Bourne, Edward Gaylord

The first foundation which they established was in the village of Bàco, where the corregidor was residing at that time, although that convent was later moved to Calapàn.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Blair, Emma Helen