corregidor

[Sp., lit. one who corrects, from corregir=to correct.] In Spain, the chief magistrate of a town. In Portugal, a magistrate po e ing administrative, but no governing, power. ( Ogilvie.) "This noise was occasioned by the arrival of the corregidor, "-Le Sage: Gil Blas. *cor-rei, *cor-ri, s. [Gael.] The low side of a hill, or a hollow between hills, where the game lies. "Fleet foot on the correi ." Scott: The Lady of the Lake , iii. 16. *cor-rě-lāte, s. [CORRELATE, v . ] One who is reciprocally related to another, as father and son. "These two are nece arily connected as any two correlates whatever."-Clarke: On the Evidences; Answer to Lett. 6.