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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   In Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions.

   "There's to be a fair, you know. The alcalde announced it. He's got a good head for business, our alcalde has."

2. 2
   a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Spanish.

Example

More examples

"There's to be a fair, you know. The alcalde announced it. He's got a good head for business, our alcalde has."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”). Doublet of qadi and casis.

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