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cuauhtlato.

Headword: 
cuauhtlato.
Principal English Translation: 

a title for a military governor (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtlahto
Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

CUAUHTLATO.—“Que manda como águila.” Águila comandante. Llámase al que gobernaba países conquistados, en calidad de jefe de la ocupación, III, Ap. 5, 6. CUAUHTLATO—“Águila que impera.” Nombre de un tlatoani de Tlatelolco, VIII, Ap. 5, 6. (sixteenth century, central Mexico)
Bernardino de Sahagún, Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España (México: Porrua, 1975), 925.

...fue nombrado don Pablo Xochiquetzin, en calidad de cuauhtlato, gobernante de menor rango que un tlahtoani.
Felipe Castro Gutiérrez, Los indios y las ciudades de Nueva España (México: UNAM, 2010), 65.

themes: 
Imperialism (Indigenous)
Politics, Power, Governance
War, Conflict