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topan tlatocati.

Headword: 
topan tlatocati.
Principal English Translation: 

for someone to place him or herself above others and try to lead them; or, to serve as a town council officer or a president (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

topan tlatocati. enseñorearse alguno sobre nosotros, o ser nuestro regidor y presidente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 150r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.