repartimiento

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noun

A partition or distribution, especially of slaves.

OriginSpanish repartir →
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Meanings

nounrepartimiento (plural repartimientos)

plural repartimientos

  1. historicalA partition or distribution, especially of slaves.

    He could not withstand these sneers, but resigned his appointment, and remained in the island as a private individual; establishing himself in a village where he had a large repartimiento or allotment of Indians assigned to him by a grant from the king.

    1831, Washington Irving, Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus, John Murray, pages 283–284
  2. historicalAn assessment of taxes.

Origin

  1. Spanishrepartir“to divide”
  2. Englishrepartimiento

From Spanish repartir (“to divide”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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