Cacique

//kəˈsiːk// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies. historical

    "Mexico has loved a strong leader since before Moctezuma. Indigenous tribes were ruled by caciques, or chieftans^([sic]), and in some rural communities caciques are still unchallenged."

  2. 2
    black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics wordnet
  3. 3
    A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
  4. 4
    Any of a number of tropical birds from Central America and South America in the genera Cacicus, Cassiculus, and Amblycercus.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Lokono kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).

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