alcalde

(al kal′dē; Sp äl käl′de)

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noun

the mayor of a Spanish or Spanish-American town, with certain judicial powers

Origin: Sp < Ar al qāḍī, the judge < qaḍā, to judge

See alcalde in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The mayor or chief judicial official of a Spanish town.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish

Origin: , from Arabic al-qāḍī

Origin: : al-, the

Origin: + qāḍī, judge

Origin: , active participle of qaḍā, to judge; see qṣ́y in Semitic roots

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