Search

Search results

Displaying 1 - 6

Brewer's: Adelantado

A big-wig, the great boss of the place. It is a Spanish word for “his excellency” (adelantar , to excel), and is given to the governor of a province. “Open no door. If the adelantado of…

Mendoza, Pedro de

(Encyclopedia) Mendoza, Pedro deMendoza, Pedro depāˈᵺrō [key]Mendoza, Pedro de dā māndōˈthä [key], b. 1501 or 1502, d. 1537, Spanish conquistador, first adelantado [civil and military governor] of…

Velázquez, Diego de

(Encyclopedia) Velázquez, Diego deVelázquez, Diego devəlăsˈkwĭz, Span. dyāˈgō dā vāläthˈkāth [key], c.1460–1524?, Spanish conquistador, first governor of Cuba, b. Cuéllar, Spain. He sailed with…

Brewer's: Addle

Ad′dle is the Old English adela (filth), hence rotten, putrid, worthless. Addled egg (“addle-egg”)A worthless egg. An egg which has not the vital principle. Addle-headed, addle-pate,…

Brewer's: Ademar

Ad′emar or Ademaro (in Jerusalem Delivered) Archbishop of Poggio, an ecclesiastical warrior, who with William, Archbishop of Orange, besought Pope Urban on his knees that he might be sent…