‖ commendaˈdor
[Sp. comendador commander, lieutenant; now esp. used of a mediæval knight-commander.]
A commander: chiefly as a Spanish or Venetian title.
| 1580 Apol. Pr. Orange in Phœnix (1721) I. 506 That which he and the great Commendador did. 1641 Marmion Antiquary v. i. (Venice) A base commendadore! I'll ne'er endure it. 1656 Earl of Monmouth Advt. fr. Parnass. 10 The Commendador Hannibal Caro said, that above all other stupendious things in the Commonwealth of Venice, etc. 1678 Phillips, Commendadore (Sp.), a Consul or President in the Indies, or any foreign place: also..Sub-governours under the King of Spain, who is supream master of the Knights of Casatrava, and other orders of Knighthood, and by the Spaniards called Commendadores. 1823 Southey Penins. War I. 122 All Commendadors of the military orders, or of Malta, should pay two-thirds of their revenue. |