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adelantado

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[ad-l-ahn-tah-doh, ah-the-lahn-tah-thaw] / ˌæd l ɑnˈtɑ doʊ, ˌɑ ðɛ lɑnˈtɑ ðɔ /

noun

History/Historical.

plural

adelantados

  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.

Etymology

Origin of adelantado

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

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