Meaning Of The Word Encomienda

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encomienda in American English
noun: the system, instituted in 1503, under which a Spanish soldier or colonist was granted a tract of land or a village together with its native inhabitants

encomienda in British English
noun: (in colonial Latin America) a large estate under the control of a Spaniard

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