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hacendado

[ hah-sen-dah-doh, ah-sen- ]

noun

, plural ha·cen·da·dos.
  1. the owner of a hacienda.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hacendado1

First recorded in 1840–50; from Spanish, equivalent to hacienda + suffix -ado; hacienda ( def ), -ate 1( def )
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Example Sentences

In the big house, dinners were elaborate—the hacendado presiding.

The hacendado, his family, and staff ate an early breakfast.

All were responsible to the hacendado who lived on the hacienda or who was an absentee owner-administrator.

He had promised his father, whose property was stolen by an hacendado, that he would recover it for him.

As we were passing through the Boquerón we were joined by a young hacendado who had a cattle farm in the neighborhood.

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