1.
[syn: Bataan, Corregidor]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Corregidor
n 1: 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, Corregidor]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
CORREGIDOR, Spanish law. A magistrate who took cognizance of 'various
misdemeanors, and of civil matters. 2 White's Coll. 53.