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Use "adelantado" in a sentence
"His brother Bartholomew, who was then known as the adelantado, had to contend with several Indian outbreaks, which he subdued partly by force, partly by wise temporizing."
"It was headed by that accomplished cavalier the Marques Duke de Cadiz, accompanied by the adelantado of"
"Pizarro went to Spain and concluded a capitulation with the crown by which he obtained the right of discovery and conquest of Peru for a distance of 200 leagues south of the Gulf of Guayaquil and the office of adelantado, governor and captain-general."