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Corregidor   /kərˈɛgədɔr/   Listen
Corregidor

noun
1.
The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945.  Synonym: Bataan.






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"Corregidor" Quotes from Famous Books



... Junta had already left Aranjuez to meet in Badajoz, and the capital, entrusted to a small detachment of troops of the line under the Marquis of Castellar, at one time supported, at another hindered by the populace, corregidor of Madrid, the Marquis of Perales, was massacred by a handful of madmen, on the charge of having mixed sand with the powder of their cartridges. Thomas de Morla, the tribune of Cadiz, commanded the defence. Barricades ...
— Worlds Best Histories - France Vol 7 • M. Guizot and Madame Guizot De Witt

... read to the noble-minded Isabella, and she found how grossly Columbus had been wronged and the royal authority abused, her heart was filled with mingled sympathy and indignation. The tidings were confirmed by a letter from the alcalde or corregidor of Cadiz, into whose hands Columbus and his brothers had been delivered, until the pleasure of the sovereigns should be known; [91] and by another letter from Alonzo de Villejo, expressed in terms accordant with his humane and honorable conduct ...
— The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II) • Washington Irving

... Down plunged anchor, down rattled sails, around us came the boats. The Admiral and the Adelantado rested in chains. The corregidor of Cadiz took them both thus ashore and to a house where they were kept, until the Sovereigns should say, "Bring them ...
— 1492 • Mary Johnston

... extensive naval base at Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu, and not in the Philippines. This does not dispense with the necessity for the comparatively small appropriations required to finish the proper coast defenses in the Philippines now under construction on the island of Corregidor and elsewhere or to complete a suitable repair station and coaling supply station at Olongapo, where is the floating dock "Dewey." I hope that this recommendation of the joint board will end the discussion as to the comparative merits of Manila Bay and Olongapo ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... order of the royal Audiencia to pay the balance remaining to him in his residencia as corregidor ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 • Various



Words linked to "Corregidor" :   Philippine Islands, beleaguering, Bataan, military blockade, Philippines, World War II, besieging, siege, World War 2, Second World War



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