noun
- the owner of a hacienda (a large estate or plantation, especially in Latin America)
Usage: historical; Latin American context
Examples
- The wealthy hacendado owned thousands of acres of coffee plantations.
- During the colonial period, the hacendado held significant political power in the region.
- The hacendado employed hundreds of workers on his vast estate.
- After the revolution, many hacendados lost their properties to land reform.
- The old hacendado’s mansion still stands at the center of the former plantation.
- Local villagers worked for the hacendado during harvest season.