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general.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
general.
Principal English Translation: 

general (often, part of the title given Hernando Cortés, Capitán General)
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

in mocapitan general Don herdo cortes (Huejotzingo, 1560) Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 29.

yn don herdo cortes capitan general catca in margues del valle (Huejotzingo, 1560)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 19.

themes: 
Politics, Power, Governance