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Cor⋅tes

  [kawr-tiz; Sp. kawr-tes]
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–noun
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
Origin:
1660–70; < Sp, pl. of corte court

Cor⋅tés

  [kawr-tez; Sp. kawr-tes]
–noun
Her⋅nan⋅do  [er-nahn-daw] Her⋅nán  [er-nahn] , 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.
Also, Cor⋅tez.
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Cor·tés   (kôr-těz', -těs')   
Spanish explorer and conquistador who conquered Aztec Mexico for Spain.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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