Associations to the word «Corregidor»

Wiktionary

CORREGIDOR, noun. The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.

Dictionary definition

CORREGIDOR, noun. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley