/keuh reg"i dawr', -dohr'/ ; Sp. /kawrdd rdde'hee dhawrdd"/ , n. , pl. corregidors, corregidores /-dawr"eez, -dohr"-/ ; Sp. /-dhaw"rddes/ .
1. the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
2. Hist. (in Spanish America)
a. a minor administrative unit.
b. the chief officer of such a district.
[ 1585-95; corregir to CORRECT ]