gobernadorcillo

• “Above the ridiculous authority of the gobernadorcillo are the rights of the people.”

  The Social Cancer

• “The Spaniards who controlled the Philippines until 1898 named the top Chinese trader the gobernadorcillo de los sangleyes — the governor of the businessmen.”

  Newsweek: Ties That Bind

• “In the Philippines this word is used as a title of address to a justice of the peace (gobernadorcillo).”

  Filipino Popular Tales

• “In order to be ranked among the headmen of the town (the _principalia_), a _Barangay chief_ had to serve for ten years in that capacity unless he were, meanwhile, elected to a higher rank, such as lieutenant or _gobernadorcillo_.”

  The Philippine Islands

• “As a body, they are always considered the principal people of their village, and only from among them, and by their votes alone, is the mayor or gobernadorcillo of the _pueblo_ chosen; that is to say, they choose”

  Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850

• “[71] The electors of the _gobernadorcillo_ were made up of those, who were or had been”

  The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century

• “The _gobernadorcillo_ was commonly called the "captain.”

  The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century

• “_ The _gobernadorcillo_ was an Indian and was elected annually.”

  The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century

• “The subdivision of the provinces was into _pueblos_ each under its petty governor or _gobernadorcillo.”

  The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century

• “[201] The _gobernadorcillo_ [ "little or petty governor"].”

  The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 16 of 55 1609 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

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