Definition of Adelantado. Meaning of Adelantado. Synonyms of Adelantado

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Definition of Adelantado

Adelantado
Adelantado A`de*lan*ta"do, n. [Sp., prop. p. of adelantar to advance, to promote.] A governor of a province; a commander. --Prescott.

Meaning of Adelantado from wikipedia

- Adelantado (UK: /ˌædəlænˈtɑːdoʊ/, US: /-lɑːnˈ-/, Spanish: [aðelanˈtaðo]; meaning "advanced") was a title held by some Spanish nobles in service of their...
- independent Royal Audience of Buenos Aires from 1661 to 1671 and after 1783. Adelantado Governor, Captain General, and Chief justice Pedro de Mendoza (1534–1537)...
- his youth. He enlisted in the navy and ended up achieving the rank of Adelantado and Captain General of the African coasts. In 1478, he parti****ted in...
- – 1547 in Santiago de Chile) was a Spanish merchant, conquistador and adelantado who served as secretary to Pizarro. In 1534 he obtained the rights of...
- Miguel López de Legazpi (12 June 1502 – 20 August 1572), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish conquistador who financed and...
- the Guanches of Tenerife. The Spaniards were under the command of the Adelantado ("military governor") Alonso Fernández de Lugo, who had sold his properties...
- standard". eenewswireless. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-31. Ferran Adelantado, Xavier Vilajosana, Pere Tuset-Peiro, Borja Martinez, Joan Melià-Seguí...
- Montejo "el Adelantado", his son Francisco de Montejo y León "el Mozo" and his nephew, Francisco de Montejo "el Sobrino". El Adelantado was in the expedition...
- 1537) was a Spanish conquistador, soldier and explorer, and the first adelantado of New Andalusia. Pedro de Mendoza was born in Guadix, Grenada, part of...
- which had been originally established by conquistador-governors known as adelantados. Provinces which were under military threat were grouped into captaincies...