hacendado

[ hah-sen-dah-doh, ah-sen- ]

noun,plural ha·cen·da·dos.

Origin of hacendado

First recorded in 1840–50; from Spanish, equivalent to hacienda + suffix -ado; see origin at hacienda, -ate¹

In the big house, dinners were elaborate—the hacendado presiding.
The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander Bartlett
The hacendado, his family, and staff ate an early breakfast.
The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander Bartlett
All were responsible to the hacendado who lived on the hacienda or who was an absentee owner-administrator.
The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander Bartlett
He had promised his father, whose property was stolen by an hacendado, that he would recover it for him.
The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander Bartlett
As we were passing through the Boquerón we were joined by a young hacendado who had a cattle farm in the neighborhood.
Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena | H. J. Mozans

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