regidor

regidor

See also: Regidor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish regidor.

Noun

regidor (plural regidors or regidores)

1. A position in municipal governments in Spain and Latin America, roughly corresponding to alderman (member of municipal legislative body).

Translations

alderman — see alderman

Anagrams

• grodier, rigored

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Catalan

Etymology

From regir +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rə.ʒiˈdo/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.d͡ʒiˈdoɾ/

Noun

regidor m (plural regidors, feminine regidora)

1. regidor

Derived terms

• regidorat

Further reading

• “regidor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• Regidor
• Rexidor

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish regidor.

Noun

regidor (animate, plural regidores or regidoresmeh)

1. (he is) a regidor; an alderman or councilman.
   • 1583: grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan

     Do jua Migel Regidor

     (Don Juan Miguel, regidor.)

   • 1720: confirmation of the status of fields belonging to Santa Elena (Tulancingo)

     auh tiquitohua timochintin Gou^or Rexidor m^or yhuan alcaldes timochintin ofiçiales de rrepublica

     (And all of us, governor, regidor mayor, and alcaldes, all of us officials of the commonwealth)

References

• Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 74, 104

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Spanish

Etymology

From regir (“to govern”) +‎ -dor.

Noun

regidor m (plural regidores, feminine regidora, feminine plural regidoras)

1. regidor

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: regidor
• → English: regidor

Further reading

• “regidor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014