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Definition of Patereros
1. paterero [n] - See also: paterero
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patereros
Literary usage of Patereros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Formosa Under the Dutch: Described from Contemporary Records, with by William Campbell (1903)
"As we were now very near the enemy, I pitched my camp to advantage, and fixed my
patereros for its defence. About noon we perceived a troop of about a ..."
2. The Documentary History of the State of New-York: Arranged Under Direction by New York (State). Secretary's Office (1849)
"... 5 howitzers, 47 patereros, a quantity of bullets, bombs, balls, powder and a
considerable pile of provisions. On the 21'* all having been demolished, ..."
3. Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus, Count of Benyowsky by Maurice Auguste Benyowsky, Samuel Pasfield Oliver (1904)
"15 After having declared and fixed this order, I caused ammunition to be distributed,
and ordered four patereros, which belonged to the shallop, ..."
4. The Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus, Count de Benyowsky, in by Maurice Auguste Benyowsky, William Nicholson, Samuel Pasfield Oliver (1898)
"I was desirous of working the patereros myself ; and for that reason had them
brought near the centre. About half-past three a party of about ..."
5. The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Portland: Preserved at Welbeck Abbey by John Nalson, Robert Harley Oxford, William Stratford, James Joel Cartwright, Richard Ward (1907)
"She had 12 guns, 6 patereros, and 25 men. On the 18th I saw a privateer of 36
guns, in the latitude of 48, 46' north: gave chase, but ehe got away. ..."
6. Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky: Consisting of by Móric Benyovsky (1790)
"As we were now very near the enemy, I pitched my camp to advantage, and fixed my
patereros for its defence. About noon we perceived a troop of about an ..."
7. Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 by John Franklin Jameson (1909)
"In the centre, on the cross street, stands the governor's house, before which is
a square stockade upon which four patereros are mounted, so as to enfilade ..."
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