hacendado
[ hah-sen-dah-doh, ah-sen- ]
Origin of hacendado
1- Also haciendado.
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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 BartlettI 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 BartlettThey were levying regular tolls on the rancheros and hacendados when Don Sebastien returned from his schooling.
The Mystery of The Barranca | Herman WhitakerThe sunburned hacendados had the bodies of people who live outdoors, for even the asthmatic Count had been a stockman.
When the Owl Cries | Paul BartlettPeople tried to be cheerful, particularly those who could not see the hacendados' plight.
When the Owl Cries | Paul Bartlett
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