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regidor

See also: Regidor

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish regidor.

Noun edit

regidor (plural regidors or regidores)

  1. A position in municipal governments in Spain and Latin America, roughly corresponding to alderman (member of municipal legislative body).

Translations edit

alderman — see alderman

Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From regir +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

regidor m (plural regidors, feminine regidora)

  1. regidor, councillor

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Classical Nahuatl edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish regidor.

Noun edit

regidor (animate, plural regidores or regidoresmeh)

  1. (he is) a regidor; an alderman or councilman.
    • 1583: grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan
      Do jua Migel Regidor
      (Don Juan Miguel, regidor.)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1720: confirmation of the status of fields belonging to Santa Elena (Tulancingo)
      auh tiquitohua timochintin Gouor Rexidor mor yhuan alcaldes timochintin ofiçiales de rrepublica
      (And all of us, governor, regidor mayor, and alcaldes, all of us officials of the commonwealth)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References edit

  • Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 74, 104

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From regir (“to govern”) +‎ -dor.

Noun edit

regidor m (plural regidores, feminine regidora, feminine plural regidoras)

  1. regidor
    Synonym: concejal

Descendants edit

  • → Classical Nahuatl: regidor
  • → English: regidor

Further reading edit

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