corregidor

[ kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Spanish kawr-re-hee-thawr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural cor·reg·i·dors, cor·reg·i·do·res [k, uh, -, reg, -i-, dawr, -eez, -, dohr, -, kaw, r, -, r, e-hee-, thaw, -, r, es].

the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
History/Historical. (in Spanish America)
1. a minor administrative unit.
2. the chief officer of such a district.

Corregidor

[ kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Spanish kawr-re-hee-thawr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

an island in Manila Bay, in the Philippines: U.S. forces defeated by the Japanese in May, 1942. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).

Corregidor

/ kəˈrɛɡɪˌdɔː /

an island at the entrance to Manila Bay, in the Philippines: site of the defeat of American forces by the Japanese (1942) in World War II

1585–95; < Spanish, derivative of corregir to correct

When they went on deck again Corregidor Island was astern, rising out of the channel like a derelict battleship.

Precisely at eleven on the following day, I attended at the office of the corregidor.

A corregidor frequently had half a dozen of these pongos, whom he provided with miserable food and wretched clothing.

The cacique of Tungasuca assembled the irritated Indians, who seized the corregidor and hanged him.

In March, 1895, Wolf lived once more, and in three months had written the piano score of Corregidor.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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