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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish regidor.
Noun
regidor (plural regidors or regidores)
- A position in municipal governments in Spain and Latin America, roughly corresponding to alderman (member of municipal legislative body).
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Catalan
Etymology
From regir + -dor.
Pronunciation
Noun
regidor m (plural regidors, feminine regidora)
- regidor, councillor
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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish regidor.
Noun
regidor (animate, plural regidores or regidoresmeh)
- (he is) a regidor; an alderman or councilman.
- 1583: grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan
- 1720: confirmation of the status of fields belonging to Santa Elena (Tulancingo)
auh tiquitohua timochintin Gouor Rexidor mor yhuan alcaldes timochintin ofiçiales de rrepublica
(And all of us, governor, regidor mayor, and alcaldes, all of us officials of the commonwealth)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 74, 104
Spanish
Etymology
From regir (“to govern”) + -dor.
Noun
regidor m (plural regidores, feminine regidora, feminine plural regidoras)
- regidor (a position in municipal governments in Spain and Latin America, roughly corresponding to alderman (member of municipal legislative body))
- Synonym: concejal
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