ˌad ə lˌän.ˈtäd.(ˌ)ō noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish, from past participle of adelantar to put ahead, advance, from adelante ahead, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + delante before, in front of, alteration of obsolete denante, from de of, from (from Latin) + enante before, in front of, from Late Latin in ante, from Latin in + ante before
: a civil and military governor of a province in Spain or her colonies