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Regidor
regidor
regidor
See also: Regidor
English
Noun
regidor (plural regidors or regidores)
- A position in municipal governments in Spain and Latin America, roughly corresponding to alderman (member of municipal legislative body).
Translations
alderman — see alderman
Anagrams
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish regidor.
Noun
regidor (animate, plural regidores or regidoresmeh)
- (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.)
- 1720: confirmation of the status of fields belonging to Santa Elena (Tulancingo)
- auh tiquitohua timochintin GouorRexidor mor yhuan alcaldes timochintin ofiçiales de rrepublica
- (And all of us, governor, regidor mayor, and alcaldes, all of us officials of the commonwealth)
- 1583: grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan
References
- Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 74, 104