Cortés

[kawr-tez; Spanish kawr-tes] /kɔrˈtɛz; Spanish kɔrˈtɛs/
noun
1.
Hernando
[er-nahn-daw] /ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), Hernán
[er-nahn] /ɛrˈnɑn/ (Show IPA), 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.
Also, Cortez.
British Dictionary definitions for Cortés

Cortés

/ˈkɔːtɛz; Spanish korˈtes/
noun
1.
Hernando (ɛrˈnando) or Hernán (ɛrˈnan). 1485–1547, Spanish conquistador: defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1523)

Cortes

/ˈkɔːtɛz; Spanish ˈkortes/
noun
1.
the national assembly of Spain and (until 1910) Portugal
Word Origin
C17: from Spanish, literally: courts, plural of corte court, from Latin cohorscohort
Word Origin and History for Cortés

cortes

n.

1660s, legislative houses of Spain or Portugal, from Spanish and Portuguese plural of corte, from Latin cortem (see court (n.)).