corregidor
noun
the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
corregidores
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pluralof corregidor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Small municipal matters are regulated by the alcaldes and corregidores, and everything relating to the general government, to the military, and to foreigners, by the commandants, acting under the governor-general.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
This American comrade shall bribe his courts, his corregidores.
From The Story of a Mine by Bret Harte
The Navarrete text has corregidores, town governors appointed by the king.
From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Julius E. Olson
Subordinate to the prefects are the sub-prefects in the provinces, the corregidores in the cantons and the alcaldes in the rural districts—all appointed officials.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
In 1480 the king and queen sent one or more corregidores into every self-governing town and city in Castile where such officials did not exist already.
From American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 by Edward Potts Cheyney
