1. the owner of a hacienda (a large estate or plantation, especially in Latin America)

Examples

• The wealthy haciendado owned thousands of acres of coffee plantations.
• Local haciendados controlled much of the region’s agricultural production.
• The haciendado employed hundreds of workers on his vast estate.
• During the revolution, many haciendados fled to neighboring countries.
• The old haciendado’s family had owned the land for generations.
• She interviewed several haciendados about their farming practices.