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corregidores

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cor⋅reg⋅i⋅dor

  [kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Sp. kawr-re-hee-thawr]
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–noun, plural -dors, -do⋅res  [-dawr-eez, -dohr-; Sp. -thaw-res] .
1. the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
2. History/Historical. (in Spanish America)
a. a minor administrative unit.
b. the chief officer of such a district.
Origin:
1585–95; < Sp, deriv. of corregir to correct
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