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| Main Entry: | encomienda |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | in the US, a land grant system started in 1503 which gave certain Spaniards an estate or tract of land in America as well as the Native American inhabitants of that land; also, this tract of land and its inhabitants |
| Example: | Encomienda provided for Indian tribute in exchange for protection and Christian instruction. |
| Usage: | encomendero n |
| Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7) Copyright © 2003-2008 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC |
Encomienda
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en·co·mi·en·da 
Audio Help [en-koh-mee-en-duh, -kom-ee-; Sp. eng-kaw-myen-dah] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [en-koh-mee-en-duh, -kom-ee-; Sp. eng-kaw-myen-dah] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -das
Audio Help [-duhz; Sp. -dahs] Pronunciation Key. (formerly in Spanish America)
Audio Help [-duhz; Sp. -dahs] Pronunciation Key. (formerly in Spanish America) | 1. | the system, instituted in 1503, under which a Spanish soldier or colonist was granted a tract of land or a village together with its Indian inhabitants. |
| 2. | the land or village together with its inhabitants. |
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
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