corregidor
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See also: Corregidor
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish corregidor (literally “corrector”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]corregidor (plural corregidors)
- (historical) The chief magistrate of a Spanish town or one in the Spanish Empire.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “corregidor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From corregir + -dor. Cognate with Portuguese corregedor.
Adjective
[edit]corregidor (feminine corregidora, masculine plural corregidores, feminine plural corregidoras)
- correcting, correctional
- Synonym: correctivo
Noun
[edit]corregidor m (plural corregidores)
- magistrate, reeve (judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law)
Further reading
[edit]- “corregidor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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