Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Corregidor \Cor*reg"i*dor\ (k?r-r?j"?-d?r; Sp. k?r-r?`h?-d?r"),
   n. [Sp., orig., a corrector.]
   The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.

Source : WordNet®

Corregidor
     n : the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese
         forces besieged American forces in World War II; United
         States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area
         in 1945 [syn: {Bataan}]