corregidor

¹

[kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr, kawr-re-hee-thawr]

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.

Corregidor

²

[kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr, kawr-re-hee-thawr]

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).

Corregidor

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of corregidor¹

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

Example Sentences

Deputies responded to the 700 block of West Corregidor Street for reports of a person who was shot, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.

From Los Angeles Times

Army Forces in the Far East, ordered U.S. and Philippine troops to evacuate Manila and to withdraw to the jungle-clad Bataan Peninsula and nearby island fortress on Corregidor.

From Los Angeles Times

Army Pacific, to the island of Corregidor earlier this month, where, as part of a tour, they both looked at the American guns that were supplied to the Philippines in the early 1900s.

From New York Times

He became the only active duty Coast Guardsman to join Army and Marine infantrymen in defending Bataan and the island of Corregidor, said Thiesen, who described Crotty as “uniquely important” to the Coast Guard.

From Seattle Times

Three other navy patrol boats would simultaneously depart Corregidor and Bataan, carrying additional officers on MacArthur’s staff for a total party of twenty- one.

From Salon