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‖ regidor|rexiˈdor|
Pl. regidores, regidors.
[Sp. regidor alderman, f. regir to rule.]
In Spain and the former Spanish dominions in America, a member of a cabildo or municipal council; a councillor; a village official.
1622J. Mabbe tr. Aleman's Rogue i. i. iii. 33 Thus it fared with a Regidor, who being espied by an old man,..call'd him unto him. 1755Smollett Cervantes' Don Quixote I. p. xiv, Dedicated to the alcaides, regidors, and gentlemen of the noble town of Argamasilla. 1834A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 170 The Regidor, or Assistant Alcalde, Miguel Sena, has only perjured himself three times. 1848E. Bryant What I saw in California xxii. 283 The first of these pueblos is governed by its corresponding body of magistrates, composed of an alcalde or judge, four regidores or municipal officers, a syndic and a secretary. 1895G. E. King New Orleans vii. 115 Instead of a superior council, there was a cabildo, with regidores, alcaldes, [etc.]. 1934Hist. Soc. Southern California Publ. xvi. 142 He was regidor of Los Angeles in 1838–39. 1950G. Brenan Face of Spain vi. 143 He introduced himself as the regidor of the village municipality. 1969Femina (Bombay) 26 Dec. 41/1 One of the labourers summoned the regidor, a village official, to the scene. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia II. 422/1 In local affairs, each municipality in Hispanic America was governed by its cabildo, or city council... Its members, regidores (councillors) and alcaldes ordinarios (magistrates), along with the local corregidor (royally appointed judge), enjoyed considerable prestige and power. |