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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cortes

/(kôr"tĕs)/ · Cor·tes · IPA /kˌɔrtˈɛz/
01 n. pl. The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some meas…
  1. 1.
    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.