cacique
a chief of an Indian clan or tribe in Mexico and the West Indies.
(in Spain and Latin America) a political boss on a local level.
(in the Philippines) a prominent landowner.
any of several black and red or black and yellow orioles of the American tropics that construct long, pendent nests.
Origin of cacique
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How to use cacique in a sentence
It is from the perspective of a Mexican cacique on his deathbed.
My Father Sergio Muñoz Bata’s Friendship With Novelist Carlos Fuentes | Lorenza Muñoz | May 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTYet, though ostensibly free, these local bodies are practically in the power of the political wire-puller, or cacique.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetThe cacique has another very beautiful palace, with a large courtyard, paved with handsome flags, in the style of a chess-board.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyIn later years a cacique was elected annually by the people, and under him officers were appointed for the different villages.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 | Hubert Howe BancroftAt length they were again taken captive by the cacique or chief of another province.
Hernando Cortez | John S. C. Abbott
Formerly 729 each town or province was ruled by an hereditary cacique, who administered justice with four nobles as counselors.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 | Hubert Howe Bancroft
British Dictionary definitions for cacique
cazique (kəˈziːk)
/ (kəˈsiːk) /
a Native American chief in a Spanish-speaking region
(esp in Spanish America) a local political boss
any of various tropical American songbirds of the genus Cacicus and related genera: family Icteridae (American orioles)
Origin of cacique
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