hacendado
noun
the owner of a hacienda.
hacendados
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pluralof hacendado.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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His potent backers were Chile's hacendados, the Agrarians. whose previous man had been President Alessandri.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
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
