Definitions for Corregidor

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Corregidor cor·reg·i·dor

Spelling: [kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Spanish kawr-

IPA: /kəˈrɛg ɪˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr; Spanish kɔrˌrɛ hiˈðɔr/

Corregidor is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in Corregidor (cdegioorrr).

Definitions for Corregidor

noun

1. the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
2. History/Historical. a minor administrative unit. the chief officer of such a district.
3. an island in Manila Bay, in the Philippines: U.S. forces defeated by the Japanese in May, 1942. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).

Origin of Corregidor

1585-95; Spanish, derivative of corregir to correct

Examples for Corregidor

So saying, he ran off to inform the corregidor of what was happening.

My name, caballeros, is Blas Maldonado; my present office, that of corregidor of the neighbouring town of ——.

Accordingly, she hastened to call the corregidor aside and assure him he must procure it for her.

Precisely at eleven on the following day, I attended at the office of the corregidor.

One day, in the midst of her toil, there came a messenger from the corregidor of the city.

In government the king was represented principally by a corregidor.

The corregidor desired the innkeeper to bring in his hostler.

I'll go with you to the corregidor, and he'll give you back your fine watch.

He, the corregidor, had sent people in pursuit of them, but as yet there were no tidings of their capture.

In a good enough room the corregidor sought to have the chains removed.