reformado

English

Etymology

From Spanish reformar, from Latin refōrmāre.

Noun

reformado (plural reformados or reformadoes)

1. A monk of a reformed order.
   • 1631, John Weever, Ancient Funerall Monuments:

     This was one of Celestin the pope's caveats for his new reformadoes

2. A disgraced officer who is deprived of command, but retains rank and sometimes pay.
   • 1648, Clement Walker, The History of Independency:

     Turn all the Reformado's out of the Line: Withdraw all their Guards from the Houses

References

• “reformado”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• door frame, door-frame, doorframe

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Portuguese

Noun

reformado m (plural reformados, feminine reformada, feminine plural reformadas)

1. pensioner, retiree

   Synonym: aposentado

Participle

reformado (feminine reformada, masculine plural reformados, feminine plural reformadas)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refoɾˈmado/ [re.foɾˈma.ð̞o]

Adjective

reformado (feminine reformada, masculine plural reformados, feminine plural reformadas)

1. reformed

Participle

reformado (feminine reformada, masculine plural reformados, feminine plural reformadas)

1. masculine singular past participle of reformar

Further reading

• “reformado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014