CORTEZ

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• CORTEZ (noun)
  The noun CORTEZ has 1 sense:

1. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)

  Familiarity information: CORTEZ used as a noun is very rare.

• CORTEZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cortes; Cortez; Hernan Cortes; Hernan Cortez; Hernando Cortes; Hernando Cortez

Instance hypernyms:

conquistador (an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century))

 Context examples 

But I doubt whether our conquests in the countries I treat of would be as easy as those of Ferdinando Cortez over the naked Americans.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)