haciendado

[ hah-see-en-dah-doh, ah-see- ]

/ ˌhɑ si ɛnˈdɑ doʊ, ˌɑ si- /

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QUIZZES

Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Doña Rosarita was dying of grief; and this filled the haciendado with the deepest anxiety.
Wood Rangers|Mayne Reid
The haciendado could make no reply to speeches that caused his own heart to bleed.
The Tiger Hunter|Mayne Reid
The Indian from her childhood up is the prey of the haciendado and his sons.
The American Egypt|Channing Arnold
Each haciendado helps every other in keeping the slaves on the places.
The American Egypt|Channing Arnold

The object of his interest was no other than the daughter of the haciendado himself—the young heiress already spoken of.
Wood Rangers|Mayne Reid