alcalde

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

name

/ʔɐlˈkal.dɛ/

alcalde alcaldes

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

qadi

alcaldeship

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