adelantado
noun
ade·lan·ta·do
ˌa-də-ˌlän-ˈtä-(ˌ)dō
plural -s
: a civil and military governor of a province in Spain or her colonies
Word History
Etymology
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
First Known Use
1588, in the meaning defined above
- presentment of Englishry
- presentments
- presentness
- presentnesses
- presentor
- presents
- preservabilities
- preservability
- preservable
- preserval
- preservation
- preservation order
- preservationisms
- preservationist
- preservationists
- preservations
- preservative
- preservative medium
- preservatives
- preservatize
- preservatories
- preservatory
- preserve
- preserve the planet
- preserved