Definition for Bobadilo

Bobadilo, proper n. [Variant spelling of “Bobadilla” < Arabic.]

Village in Spain; town on the western coast of El Salvador; Francisco de Bobadilla (d. 1502); Spanish governor of Santo Domingo who ordered the arrest of Christopher Columbus and sent him back to Spain in chains; [fig.] autocrat; wealthy man; powerful leader.

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