单词 | regidor |
释义 | regidorn. Chiefly in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a member of a cabildo or municipal council; a councillor; a village official. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > member of local government council > town-councillor > in Spain or Latin America regidor1622 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. i. iii. 33 Thus it fared with a Regidor, who being espied by an old man,..call'd him unto him. 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad viii. lxxxiv. 170 The Regidore [Port. Regedor] Forbids, in favour of that barb'rous Tribe. Nor without his permission can it be. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 490 Next to the Alcalda are 2 Regidores to look after the prices of all commodities. 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 223 The Cabildo, or Council of the City, is next to the Royal Court. There are more Regidores, or Aldermen, belonging to it, than in other Towns. 1755 T. Smollett Life Cervantes in tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. p. xiv Dedicated to the alcalde, regidors, and gentlemen of the noble town of Argemasilla. 1787 J. Adams Def. Constit. Govt. U.S.A. 20 All their deputies to the junta general, and all their regidores, sindics, secretaries, and treasurers, must be nobles, at least knights. 1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 170 The Regidor, or Assistant Alcalde, Miguel Sena, has only perjured himself three times. 1848 E. Bryant What I saw in Calif. 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. 1895 G. E. King New Orleans vii. 115 Instead of a superior council, there was a cabildo, with regidores, alcaldes, [etc.]. 1934 Hist. Soc. Southern California Publ. xvi. 142 He was regidor of Los Angeles in 1838–39. 1950 G. Brenan Face of Spain vi. 143 He introduced himself as the regidor of the village municipality. 1974 Encycl. 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. 1992 Eng. Today Jan. 16 (table) Regidores..Magistrates. From Spanish regidor ‘alderman’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1622 |
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