Definitions for caciquekəˈsik
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ca•ciquekəˈsik(n.)
a chief of an Indian clan or tribe in Mexico and the West Indies.
Category: Anthropology
(in Spain and Latin America) a political boss on a local level.
Category: Government
Origin of cacique:
1545–55; < Sp < Taino (Hispaniola)
Princeton's WordNet
cacique, cazique(noun)
black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
Wiktionary
cacique(Noun)
Originally a tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
cacique(Noun)
A local political leader in Latin America.
cacique(Noun)
Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.
Origin: From or kassequa, both meaning "chieftain"
Webster Dictionary
Cacique(noun)
see Cazique
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