• (n.) A governor of a province; a commander.
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(Spanish: `one who goes before`), representative of the kings of Castile (Spain) who in the early European Middle Ages headed military expeditions ... [1 related articles]
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A`de·lan·ta'do noun [ Spanish , propast participle of
adelantar to advance, to promote.] A governor of a province; a commander.
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a governor of a province in Spain or of a Spanish colonial province. · any of the early explorers, conquerors, or colonizers in Spanish America.
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In the sixteenth century, the Spanish crown awarded the office of adelantado to selected individuals who, at their own expense, undertook the discovery and conquest of new overseas territories. Adelantados served as executive officers to govern a region, to act as head of military forces at distant frontier posts, or to command a military expedit...
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