hacendado
Americannoun
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hacendados
plural
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Etymology
Origin of hacendado
First recorded in 1840–50; from Spanish, equivalent to hacienda + suffix -ado; see origin at hacienda ( def. ), -ate 1 ( def. )
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He told us about an hacendado, a large landowner, who used his company store to keep his father and other peasants in a state of endless debt.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
Six months ago he had drifted into a little town near San Marcos, wearing the title of "professor," and got together a class of private pupils, chief among them three daughters of a wealthy hacendado.
From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Harry Alverson Franck
On one occasion I was riding with a hacendado friend over his estate, when we crossed the bed of a canal—dry and unused—which wound over the plain.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
The hacendado had approached unnoticed, and, turning quickly, Seyd met for the third time the equivocal look, now lightened by a touch of amusement.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker
One condition of the “coleo” was, that each competitor, after having once failed, should retire from the ground; so that the hacendado and the dragoon were now actually hors de chasse.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by L. Evans
His potent backers were Chile's hacendados, the Agrarians. whose previous man had been President Alessandri.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were rancheros in their picturesque attire, smart arrieros, miners from the hills, townsmen, hacendados of the valley, vaqueros from the grazing-farms, and ciboleros, whose home is for the most part on the wide prairies.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by L. Evans
It was amusing to find this village, hardly larger than many a one about the home of Mexican hacendados, the capital of a State.
From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Harry Alverson Franck
They were levying regular tolls on the rancheros and hacendados when Don Sebastien returned from his schooling.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker
Boldly, audaciously, he had gone as a rich hacendado, and after the manner of rich hacendados he had “seen the City.”
From The Missourian by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
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