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regidor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
regi-dor
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *regō Latin regerelbor. Spanish regir Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Spanish -dor Spanish regidorbor. English regidor Borrowed from Spanish regidor.

Inflected Forms

regidors (plural) regidores (plural)

Questions

What does regidor mean?
A position in municipal governments in Spain and Latin America, roughly corresponding to alderman (member of municipal legislative body).
Where does regidor come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *regō Latin regerelbor. Spanish regir Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Spanish -dor Spanish regidorbor. English regidor Borrowed from Spanish regidor.

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