alcaide
See also: Alcaide
English
Alternative forms
- alcayde
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alcaide, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʾid, “leader”); compare caid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ælˈkaɪdi/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Noun
alcaide (plural alcaides)
- The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison.
- 1768, Edward Cavendish Drake, A New Universal Collection of Authentic Voyages and Travels, page 510,
- Soon after Mr. Petticrew arrived at Gibraltar, he came to Tetuan in his majeſty's ſhip Seahorſe, to acquaint the alcaide that he had orders from the king of Great Britain, […] .
- 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.
- 1768, Edward Cavendish Drake, A New Universal Collection of Authentic Voyages and Travels, page 510,
- A caid.
Translations
governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese alcaide, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʾid, “the leader”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈkaj.d͡ʒi/ [aʊ̯ˈkaɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈkaj.de/ [aʊ̯ˈkaɪ̯.de]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈkaj.d(ɨ)/ [aɫˈkaj.ð(ɨ)]
Noun
alcaide m (plural alcaides)
- alcaide (commander of a province or fortress)
Alternative forms
- alcalde (obsolete)
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʾid, “leader”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈkaide/ [alˈkai̯.ð̞e]
- Rhymes: -aide
- Syllabification: al‧cai‧de
Noun
alcaide m or f (plural alcaides)
- commander of the defense of a castle
- administrator of royal property
- warden; administrator of a prison
Descendants
- → English: alcaide
- → Polish: alkad
Further reading
- “alcaide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014