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(a loanword from Spanish)
lieutenant, deputy; in Tlaxcala, a law officer in outlying districts outranking a constable (alguacil) or merino
(a loanword from Spanish)
xtobal de molina pisa tinite yxiptla marques del valle (Coyoacan, 1613)
In the Historia cronológica from Tlaxcala, we see a teniente writing in the first person.
in iuh ca tlacuillolli yn itlatlalil Corregidor anoço teniente = según lo escrito y dispuesto por el corregidor o el teniente (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)
yhuan yquac niteniete nimochiuato Santa Ana Chiauhtepan nehuatl Sepastian de Rrozas = Y entonces fuí como teniente a Santa Ana Chiauhtenpan, yo Sebastián de Rosas. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
Yspan mochiuh teniente Elnando de Ifinoso yuan algaite Tzapocuitzin = Se hizo delante del teniente Hernando de [E]spinozo y del alcaide Tzapocuitzin
Auh quimontlilili yn señor teniente = Y lo autorizó el señor teniente (Santa Bárbara Tamasolco, 1593)