alcaide
See also: Alcaide
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish alcaide, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “leader”); compare caid.
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Noun edit
alcaide (plural alcaides)
- (historical) The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison.
- 1810, John Joseph Stockdale (editor and publisher), The History of the Inquisitions, extract published in 1810, The Literary Panorama, and National Register, Volume 8, page 219,
- It was, above all, to the alcaide and the guards of the prisoners that he studied to recommend himself.
- 1825, The Literary Chronicle for the year 1825, page 172:
- The municipal bodies were charged regularly to inspect the prisons; to watch over the conduct of the alcaides, and the inferior officers; and to propose to the government such measures as they judged to be best conducive to humanity and sound policy.
- A caid.
Translations edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alcaide, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “the leader”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: al‧cai‧de
Noun edit
alcaide m (plural alcaides)
- alcaide (commander of a province or fortress)
Alternative forms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “leader”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alcaide m or f by sense (plural alcaides)
- commander of the defense of a castle
- administrator of royal property
- warden; administrator of a prison
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “alcaide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014