regidor

See also: Regidor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish regidor.

Noun

regidor (plural regidors or regidores)

2. 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

Catalan

Etymology

From regir +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.ʒiˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.d͡ʒiˈðoɾ]

Noun

regidor m (plural regidors, feminine regidora)

1. regidor, councillor

Derived terms

• regidorat

Further reading

• “regidor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “regidor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

From regir (“to govern”) +‎ -dor.

Noun

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

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

   Synonym: concejal

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: regidor
• → English: regidor

Further reading

• “regidor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28