Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cortes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cortes \Cor"tes\ (k?r"t?s), n. pl. [Sp. & Pg., fr. corte court.]
The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and
representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal
answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Cortes
n : Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered
Mexico (1485-1547) [syn: {Cortes}, {Cortez}, {Hernando
Cortes}, {Hernando Cortez}, {Hernan Cortes}, {Hernan
Cortez}]
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