corregidor

[kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Spanish kawr-re-hee-th awr]

noun, plural cor·reg·i·dors, cor·reg·i·do·res

[kuh-reg-i-dawr-eez, -dohr-; Spanish kawr-re-hee-th aw-res] /kəˈrɛg ɪˈdɔr iz, -ˈdoʊr-; Spanish kɔrˌrɛ hiˈðɔ rɛs/.

the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
History/Historical. (in Spanish America)
1. a minor administrative unit.
2. the chief officer of such a district.

Origin of corregidor

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

Corregidor

[kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Spanish kawr-re-hee-th awr]

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).

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Examples from the Web for corregidor

Historical Examples of corregidor

I'll go with you to the Corregidor, and he'll give you back your fine watch.
Carmen
Prosper Merimee
In government the king was represented principally by a corregidor.
A History of Spain
Charles E. Chapman
My name, caballeros, is Blas Maldonado; my present office, that of Corregidor of the neighbouring town of ——.
Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2
Charles Rochfort Scott
Precisely at eleven on the following day, I attended at the office of the corregidor.
The Bible in Spain
George Borrow
One day, in the midst of her toil, there came a messenger from the Corregidor of the city.
Patraas
R. H. Busk

British Dictionary definitions for corregidor

Corregidor

noun

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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