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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The rulers also sent royal officers called corregidores into the local communities, who gradually extended the powers of the crown at the expense of local government.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
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
I don't know your courts, your judges, or your corregidores.
From The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte
Besides, they find no great difficulty in bringing there their silver privately in a mass, and compounding with the corregidores or chief magistrates to avoid paying the royal fifth.
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
