Corregidor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corregidor \Cor*reg"i*dor\ (k?r-r?j"?-d?r; Sp. k?r-r?`h?-d?r"),
     n. [Sp., orig., a corrector.]
     The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Corregidor
       n : the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese
           forces besieged American forces in World War II; United
           States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area
           in 1945 [syn: {Bataan}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CORREGIDOR, Spanish law. A magistrate who took cognizance of 'various 
  misdemeanors, and of civil matters. 2 White's Coll. 53.