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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cortes \Cor"tes\ (k?r"t?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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Cortes n : (1485-1547) Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico [syn: {Cortes}, {Cortez}, {Hernando Cortes}, {Hernando Cortez}, {Hernan Cortes}, {Hernan Cortez}]
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