Definitions for adelantados

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adelantados a·de·lan·ta·do

Spelling: [ad-l-ahn-tah-doh; Spanish ah-th e-lahn-tah-

IPA: /ˌæd l ɑnˈtɑ doʊ; Spanish ˌɑ ðɛ lɑnˈtɑ ðɔ/

Adelantados is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 677 anagrams from letters in adelantados (aaaddelnost).

Definitions for adelantados

noun

1. a governor of a province in Spain or of a Spanish colonial province.
2. any of the early explorers, conquerors, or colonizers in Spanish America.

Origin of adelantados

1835-45, Americanism; Spanish, noun use of past participle of adelantar to go forward, derivative of adelante in front (a- (Latin ad- ad-) + delante before, for denante

Examples for adelantados

Hernando de Soto, the adelantado of Florida, and that ismystory.

There is much that is wise in what you say, said the adelantado, but the King has no money for this enterprise.

So the body was left, and the adelantado approved the slaughter.

These are not the islands the adelantado told us of, nor will we remain here.

Ribaut vainly called on the adelantado to remember his oath.

I am Pedro Melendez, adelantado of all this Florida, and of the isles thereof.

It is possible that the adelantado was dispatched with the letter.

There is no good English equivalent for Soto's title of adelantado.

He had been in the service of the adelantado, and was not unrecognized.

They were well received by the adelantado, and a collation spread for them.