adelantado
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adelantado
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Borrowed from Spanish adelantado, from Spanish adelantar (“to advance, to promote”).
noun adelantados · adelantadoes
- A title bestowed by the king on certain nobles in the 15th-17th centuries, who granted them governorship of a province or charged them with conquering a foreign territory The grand master[…]communicated it to the principal chiefs on the borders ; among others , to Don Pedro Henriquez , adelantado of Andalusia , Don Juan de Silva , count of Cifuentes , Don Alonso de Aguilar , and the marquis of Cadiz .
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noun governor of a province
| Español | adelantado |
|---|---|
| Português | adelantado |
Talk about this word "adelantado." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adelantado. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. adelantado. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adelantado "adelantado." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adelantado.Cite this
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title = {adelantado},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adelantado},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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