dato

[ dah-toh; Spanish dah-taw ]

noun

, plural da·tos [dah, -tohz, dah, -taws].

1. datu.
2. the headman of a barrio or of a Malay tribe.

dato

/ ˈdɑːtəʊ /

noun

1. the chief of any of certain Muslim tribes in the Philippine Islands

Word History and Origins

Origin of dato¹

First recorded in 1610–20 as Datoe; partly from Malay datu, datto “ruler, chief,” and its variant datok, datuk “grandfather, elder,” partly from Indonesian datuk “head of the family, chieftain”; akin to datu ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of dato¹

C19: from Spanish, ultimately from Malay dato' grandfather

Example Sentences

Among themselves they call their important men dato, a Moro title, and their Moro dress has already been mentioned.

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Et dato, qud nullus omnino tortor inveniri valeat in Angli, utrum pro tortoribus mittendum sit ad partes transmarinas?

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Ubi spectaculi tempus venit eoque conversae mentes cum oculis erant, tum signo dato iuvenes Romani discurrunt, virgines rapiunt.

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Inde Romam de permutandis captivis missus est dato iureiurando.

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Deum timeto: regem honorato: virtutem colito disciplinis bonis operam dato.

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