cacique
cacique
Definition
ca·cique (kə sēk′)
noun
- in Spanish America, an Indian chief
- in Spanish America and Spain, a local political boss
- any of various tropical American blackbirds (family Icteridae) with conical bills
Etymology: Sp < Arawak word meaning “prince,” “lord”
cacique
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- nest: Nearby was a solitary Piratic Flycatcher looking for an opportunity to take over one of the cacique nests.
Browse dictionary entries near cacique
- cachucha
- cachou
- cachinnation
- cachinnating
- cachinnated
- cachinnate
- caching
- cachexy
- cachexic
- cachexia
- caciquism
- cackhanded
- cackle
- cackled
- cackling
- caco-
- cacodaemon
- cacodemon
- cacodyl
- cacodylic
