Results for hacienda

Definitions of hacienda:

part of speech: noun

In Sp. Amer., an isolated farmhouse with surrounding land.

part of speech: noun

In Spanish- America, a large plantation or ranch on which the owner resides; an isolated farm.

Usage examples for hacienda:

• Her stories penetrate psychology, especially the psychology of a Mexican hacienda with rare finesse. "Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest", J. Frank Dobie

• Put her in the hacienda to hold possession afore the news came out." "On the Frontier", Bret Harte

• Seems to me"- Mac's sarcastic eye trailed around to include all those who had been singing her praises-" the new queen of this hacienda won't have no trouble at all picking a prince consort when she gets round to it. "Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West", William MacLeod Raine

• She lives in a small hacienda a league this side of the town. "On the Pampas", G. A. Henty