单词 | presidente |
释义 | presidenten. 1. a. In Mexico and the Philippines: the chief official of a town or village. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > other municipal officials > [noun] sergeant1423 town officer1523 dozener1558 varlet1601 culler1663 rhingylla1722 wardman1792 town father1847 presidente1851 1851 Littell's Living Age 13 Sept. 492/2 The chief executive of the province is termed a ‘Presidente’, and receives his appointment direct from the emperor. 1886 Overland Monthly July 81 The Presidente of Huasavas, a small town on the river south of us. 1902 Times 15 Apr. 5/3 The water cure torture was applied..to the Presidente of Igbaras in Iloilo. 1925 K. Mayo Isles of Fear xxix. 311 The next move..took the shape of an identical letter addressed to the presidentes of the municipalities. 1993 M. Wasserman Persistent Oligarchs ii. 24 There were no municipal elections from 1913 to 1916 in most places, so not only were the presidentes not responsible to local constituencies, but there were no municipal councils. b. The president of a Spanish-speaking country or sovereign state. ΚΠ 1867 tr. A. Gonzalez Carazo in Assassination A. Lincoln (U.S. Dept. of State) 826 (heading) United States of Colombia—Sovereign state of Bolivar—The presidente of the state. 1944 W. F. Sands & J. M. Lalley Our Jungle Diplomacy ii. 95 The first test to which I put my new friendship with the presidente concerned his order for the expulsion of the Bishop of Guatemala. 1992 Atlantic Aug. 74/2 Latin American plebiscitary presidentialism, in which a demagogic Presidente circumvents a weak legislature and rules by fiat. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 21 Apr. 1 Mireya Moscoso..is the country's [sc. Panama's] first woman presidente. 2. A Cuban cocktail made from white rum, vermouth, grenadine, and curaçao.Said to have been created in Havana in the 1920s, and named after General Mario García Menocal, President of Cuba 1913–21. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > rum cocktail bumbo1701 rum cocktail1841 silky1852 planter's punch1878 Cuba libre1898 daiquiri1920 piña colada1920 presidente1928 mojito1934 zombie1938 mai tai?c1950 Dark and Stormy1983 1928 B. Woon When it's Cocktail Time in Cuba 40 The presidente is made with half bacardi and half French vermouth. 1930 Havana 30 Jan. 64/1 The patios are filled with gay little groups seated in the shade of huge umbrellas, drinking..Daiquiri, or Presidente cocktails. 1997 C. García Agüero Sisters ii. 267 The evening got off to a riotous start as the bartender..served his drinks—presidentes, daiquiris, Cuba libres, and the deadly Sazarac cocktails. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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