adelantado

Definition

A title bestowed by the king on certain nobles in the 15th-17th centuries, who granted them governorship of a province or charged them with conquering a foreign territory

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adelantado, from Spanish adelantar (“to advance, to promote”).

Example Sentences

• "The grand master[…]communicated it to the principal chiefs on the borders ; among others , to Don Pedro Henriquez , adelantado of Andalusia , Don Juan de Silva , count of Cifuentes , Don Alonso de Aguilar , and the marquis of Cadiz ."