Not suitable for the wife of a rich Castilian hacendado. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
And my grandfather, he was a hacendado near Guadalajara. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
He became a fugitive when he killed an hacendado for attacking his sister. From Wordnik.com. [Pancho Villa 1878-1923] Reference
The hacendado and his wife had various responsibilities as community leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Architecture of Mexico: the hacienda] Reference
However, trouble starts when he and the daughter of the wealthy hacendado fall in love. From Wordnik.com. [All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy] Reference
As servants they kept the owner -- the hacendado -- and his family from ever doing any work. From Wordnik.com. [Relive the romance of colonial Mexico at a hacienda hotel] Reference
Francisco I. Madero (18731913), a wealthy hacendado, challenged Díaz in the presidential elections of 1910. From Wordnik.com. [1867, Dec] Reference
"Con su pronunciamiento, Vicente Fox se ubica en la postura de un digno hacendado de principios del siglo XX". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference
Most frequently it is a fat Mexican-Spanish hacendado, landowner and big farmer, who is represented with his tight trousers, sticking-out belly, and huge upturned moustaches. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
There are no promises about living like a hacendado on an average Social Security check here, but solid information and strategies for making limited funds stretch toward dignified and comfortable lifestyles. From Wordnik.com. [Head For Mexico: The Renegade Guide] Reference
A young hacendado, splendidly horsed, was next upon his flanks; but each time he reached forth to grasp the tail it was whisked beyond his reach. From Wordnik.com. [The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico] Reference
Most were operated like small city-states, run by a powerful hacendado - a man whose economic and political clout could often be felt as far away as Mexico City. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
Chávez-style populism, which in certain respects resembles earlier Latin American populist variants, is characterized by an enormous focus on the individual leader and his dominant power-similar to the paternalistic hacendado on the traditional hacienda. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
The Abbé Brasseur asserts that he wrote down this drama from verbal information, at the village of Rabinal in Guatemala; but a note by Dr. Berendt in my possession characterizes this statement as incorrect, and adds: "Brasseur found the MS. all written, in the hands of an hacendado, on the road from Guatemala to Chiapas. From Wordnik.com. [Aboriginal American Authors] Reference
A wealthy hacendado. From Wordnik.com. [Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond] Reference
There, too, the rich hacendado, Senor Gomez del. From Wordnik.com. [The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico] Reference
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