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单词 adelantado
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adelantadon.

Brit. /ˌadəlanˈtɑːdəʊ/, U.S. /ˌædəlænˈtɑˌdoʊ/
Forms: 1500s adelantadoe, 1500s– adelantado, 1600s adalantado.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish adelantado.
Etymology: < Spanish adelantado governor (13th cent.; in earlier use also ‘prominent person, leader, commander’), use as noun (after Arabic muqaddam: see below) of the past participle of adelantar to advance, promote (13th cent.) < adelante before, forward (12th cent.) < ad to, at + el the + ante before.Arabic muqaddam ‘chief, overseer, supervisor, magistrate’, denoting various officials and military ranks, is a use as noun of the past participle of qaddama ‘to cause to precede, to cause to go before’ ( < qadama to precede).
Now historical.
1. The governor of a Spanish province, acting as the chief civil and judicial authority, and as military commander-in-chief in time of war; (also) a military leader with the authority to explore, colonize, and govern new territories for the Spanish crown.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > Spanish
commendator1583
adelantado1588
lantado1602
captain-general1777
jefe1844
1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 137 The worthie Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, who afterwarde died in the said Ilande with the title of Adelantado.
1597 W. Raleigh Let. 6 Nov. in E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh (1868) II. 187 These and other intelligences..may appear unto your Lordships, under the Adelantadoe's hand.
1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xix. 33/1 There are certaine Captaines, that to the same end haue the Kings pay, with the title of Generals and chiefe Captaines, or Adelantado of this conquest.
1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 133 The Marquis of Veles and of Mula, Adelantado of Murcia.
1664 J. Exton Maritime Dicæol. i. vii. 30 Spain hath its Adelantado, and divers Admirals, some for Europe, some for the Indies, all of equal power.
1708 tr. L. de Argensola Discov. & Conquest Molucco & Philippine Islands v. 129 The Adelantado, or Lord Lieutenant of Castile.
1783 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (ed. 4) I. 258 Ferdinand..appointed him Adelantado, or Lieutenant-governor of the countries upon the South Sea.
1829 Amer. Q. Rev. Mar. 204 The marques of Cadiz, the adelantado of Andalusia, the count of Cifuentes..hastened to take part in the enterprise.
1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) I. ii. 62 Marquez, nephew to the Adelantado.
1913 Polit. Sci. Q. 28 646 Fernan Fernandez was adelantado of Estremadura in the time of Alfonzo VIII.
1993 A. May Passionate Pilgrim iv. 75 Cortés granted Francisco de Montejo the title adelantado with permission to exploit Yucatan at his own expense in 1527.
2. In extended use.
a. humorous and somewhat depreciative. A person absurdly claiming personal authority or mockingly invested with a supposed authority or precedence. Obsolete.
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1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 65 As compleate an Adelantado as hee that is knowne by wearing a cloake of tuftataffatie eighteene yeare.
1621 J. Taylor Praise of Beggery sig. A2 (heading) To the bright eye-dazling mirrour of mirth, Adelantado of Alacrity, the Pump of pastime, spout of sport, and Regent of ridiculous Confabulations, Archibald Armestrong.
1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir ii. sig. C4v Ale-cunner, Maior of all Victualing houses, the sole liquid Benefactor to bawdy-houses,..and inuincible Adelantado ouer the Armado of pimpled, deepe scarletted, rubified, and carbuncled faces.
b. A Spanish grandee. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > grandee
almaçurc1400
grandee1593
grand1606
clarissimo1607
grando1608
adelantado1612
grandio1650
alconde1793
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. iii. sig. G3 [He is] An Adalantado, A Grande . View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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