'Cortes' definitions:
Definition of 'Cortes'
(from WordNet)
noun
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547) [syn: Cortes, Cortez, Hernando Cortes, Hernando Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez]
Definition of 'Cortes'
From: GCIDE
- Cortes \Cor"tes\ (k[^o]r"t[e^]s), n. pl. [Sp. & Pg., fr. corte court.] The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain. [1913 Webster]