corregidor

cor·reg·i·dor

C c

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Spanish kawr-re-hee-th awr]
- /kəˈrɛg ɪˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr; Spanish kɔrˌrɛ hiˈðɔr/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Spanish kawr-re-hee-th awr]
- /kəˈrɛg ɪˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr; Spanish kɔrˌrɛ hiˈðɔr/

Definitions of corregidor word

noun corregidor 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 3
noun corregidor small fortified island in the Philippines, at the entrance to Manila Bay: in WWII, American-Filipino troops fought on for a month after the fall of Bataan; finally invaded & garrison forced to surrender (May, 1942); recaptured (Feb., 1945) 3
noun plural corregidor the chief magistrate of a town in Spain. 1
noun plural corregidor History/Historical. a minor administrative unit. the chief officer of such a district. 1
noun corregidor an island in Manila Bay, in the Philippines: U.S. forces defeated by the Japanese in May, 1942. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km). 1
noun corregidor The chief magistrate of a Spanish town. 1

See all 6 definitions of corregidor

Information block about the term

Origin of corregidor

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

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

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Corregidor

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Corregidor

corregidor popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

corregidor usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer