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adelantado

noun
ade·​lan·​ta·​do | \ ˌa-də-ˌlän-ˈtä-(ˌ)dō\
plural -s

Definition of adelantado

: a civil and military governor of a province in Spain or her colonies

First Known Use of adelantado

1588, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for adelantado

Spanish, from past participle of adelantar to put ahead, advance, from adelante ahead, from a- (from Latin ad-) + delante before, in front of, alteration of obsolete denante, from de of, from (from Latin) + enante before, in front of, from Late Latin in ante, from Latin in + ante before

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