corregidor

¹

[ kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Spanish kawr-re-hee-thawr ]

noun

, plural cor·reg·i·dors, cor·reg·i·do·res [k, uh, -, reg, -i-, dawr, -eez, -, dohr, -, kaw, r, -, r, e-hee-, thaw, -, r, es].

1. the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
2. History/Historical. (in Spanish America)
   1. a minor administrative unit.
   2. the chief officer of such a district.

Corregidor

²

[ kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Spanish kawr-re-hee-thawr ]

noun

1. an island in Manila Bay, in the Philippines: U.S. forces defeated by the Japanese in May, 1942. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).

Corregidor

/ kəˈrɛɡɪˌdɔː /

noun

1. an island at the entrance to Manila Bay, in the Philippines: site of the defeat of American forces by the Japanese (1942) in World War II

Word History and Origins

Origin of corregidor¹

1585–95; < Spanish, derivative of corregir to correct

Example Sentences

When they went on deck again Corregidor Island was astern, rising out of the channel like a derelict battleship.

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

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A corregidor frequently had half a dozen of these pongos, whom he provided with miserable food and wretched clothing.

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The cacique of Tungasuca assembled the irritated Indians, who seized the corregidor and hanged him.

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In March, 1895, Wolf lived once more, and in three months had written the piano score of Corregidor.

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