hacendado

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

noun

, plural ha·cen·da·dos.

1. the owner of a hacienda.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hacendado¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from Spanish, equivalent to hacienda + suffix -ado; hacienda ( def ), -ate ¹( def )

Example Sentences

In the big house, dinners were elaborate—the hacendado presiding.

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The hacendado, his family, and staff ate an early breakfast.

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All were responsible to the hacendado who lived on the hacienda or who was an absentee owner-administrator.

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He had promised his father, whose property was stolen by an hacendado, that he would recover it for him.

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As we were passing through the Boquerón we were joined by a young hacendado who had a cattle farm in the neighborhood.

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