hacendado

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

noun,plural ha·cen·da·dos.
  1. the owner of a hacienda.

Origin of hacendado

1
First recorded in 1840–50; from Spanish, equivalent to hacienda + suffix -ado; see origin at hacienda, -ate1

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How to use hacendado in a sentence

  • Now and then he raised a private army to repel difficult natives, belligerent hacendados, or revolutionaries.

    The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander Bartlett
  • I drank pulque from a communal gourd; I shared pineapple grown in Tecomn; I was entertained at town houses of hacendados.

    The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander Bartlett
  • They were levying regular tolls on the rancheros and hacendados when Don Sebastien returned from his schooling.

    The Mystery of The Barranca | Herman Whitaker
  • The sunburned hacendados had the bodies of people who live outdoors, for even the asthmatic Count had been a stockman.

    When the Owl Cries | Paul Bartlett
  • People tried to be cheerful, particularly those who could not see the hacendados' plight.

    When the Owl Cries | Paul Bartlett