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Cortes

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Cortes [ˈkɔːtɛz (Spanish) ˈkortes]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the national assembly of Spain and (until 1910) Portugal
[from Spanish, literally: courts, plural of corte court, from Latin cohors cohort]
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Noun1.CortesCortes - Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez, Hernando Cortes, Hernando Cortez


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As he explained to his friends, they would take the steamer from New York to Puerto Cortes, one of the principal seaports of Honduras.
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
And to come to more modern examples, what scuttled the ships, and left stranded and cut off the gallant Spaniards under the command of the most courteous Cortes in the New World?
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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