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Definition of Cortes
1. Noun. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547).
Generic synonyms: Conquistador
Definition of Cortes
1. n. pl. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cortes
Literary usage of Cortes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1824)
"N—Delivery of the French, Russian, Austrian and Prussian Notes at Madrid—Proceedings
of I he Cortes upon them—Tin Answers of the, Spanish Government—The ..."
2. The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New by Roger Bigelow Merriman (1918)
"constitutions, and acts of the king and Cortes, and to the customs and privileges
of the realm.1 There were a large number of different kinds of taxes and ..."
3. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"Rather than do this, the Regency proposed to break up the Cortes, ... It was
evident that the Cortes and the Regency could not pull together; ..."
4. The Spanish Conquest in America: And Its Relation to the History of Slavery by Arthur Helps, Michael Oppenheim (1902)
"Alvarado appeared upon the battlements, and asked if Cortes came in the same liberty
... The gates were then opened, and Cortes and his companions entered. ..."
5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"On July 9 the Cortes were opened, meeting in a single Chamber like the Cortes of
1810. Their composition was fairly homogeneous, with a predominance of ..."
6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1837)
"Adopted by the Cortes—Recognition of the Soul/i American ... in-chief—Sudden
prorogation oft/ic Cortes, and formation of a new ministry—Riots at ..."
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