hacendado
Americannoun
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hacendados
plural
Other Word Forms
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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
Passing the mozo, whose beast had lagged, the hacendado pulled his beast down to a trot, and as Tomas, answering a question, nodded backward toward the hills, vexation swept the girl’s face.
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
Centre of the whole panorama is the dwelling-house of the hacendado, the owner of the lands; and almost of the bodies and souls of the inhabitants!
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
Brasseur found the MS. all written, in the hands of an hacendado, on the road from Guatemala to Chiapas.
From Aboriginal American Authors by Daniel Garrison Brinton
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
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
Incidents of life and travel in remote regions, among the petty authorities and the hacendados, rancheros, and landowners generally, are full of colour and interest for the traveller.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
This is bad enough, think the hacendados, but there is worse behind.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Edward Burnett Tylor
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