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monteros

  • plural
    of montero.
    montero
    noun
    a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.

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The children of the monteros and guajiros in the country grew up in almost complete illiteracy.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

The broad fields below were waving with cane and maize, and cottages of the monteros were scattered among them, each with its tuft of bamboos and its little grove of plantains.

From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by William Cullen Bryant

Even the women of the monteros were splendid horse-women.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

The monteros shall be employed, and serve night and day, according to the regulations of Rui Gomez de Sylva.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente

In consequence of this peaceful intercourse, many of the Indios monteros came and established themselves some time ago in the mission.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt

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