Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cortes \Cor"tes\ (k?r"t?s), n. pl. [Sp. & Pg., fr. corte court.]
   The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and
   representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal
   answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.

Source : WordNet®

Cortes
     n : Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered
         Mexico (1485-1547) [syn: {Cortez}, {Hernando Cortes}, {Hernando
         Cortez}, {Hernan Cortes}, {Hernan Cortez}]