encomendero
Americannoun
plural
encomenderosExample Sentences
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A Spanish encomendero of that country, called Ximenez del Pino, gave them a little bit of a house, for it was not to be hoped of the Indians that they would offer any hospitality to the friars; on the contrary, they hated them above all things.
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When now our order came to his country, he took it so ill that he went to Manila to arrange to have the friars withdrawn from his village; and to carry out the negotiation he offered his encomendero half his property, which was considerable.
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But the encomendero who has been appointed by the captain-general is obliged to get the confirmation of his grant from Madrid within three years.
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The “encomendero” was not absolute lord of the lives and properties of the Indians, for elaborate laws were framed for the latter’s protection.
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In the attempt to hold Macao, Corcuera sent over the encomendero of Pasig, Don Juan Claudio.
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