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Cortes

Webster's Dictionary

(n. pl.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cortes'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cortes.html. 1828.