alcalde

American  

[al-kal-dee, ahl-kahl-the] / ælˈkæl di, ɑlˈkɑl ðɛ /

Also alcade

noun

• alcaldes
  plural

1. a mayor having judicial powers.

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alcalde British  

/ alˈkalde, ælˈkældɪ, ælˈkeɪd /

noun

1. (in Spain and Spanish America) the mayor or chief magistrate in a town

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• alcaldes
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of alcalde

1605–15; < Spanish < Arabic al-qāḍī the judge

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Example Sentences

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“To many of you he was Mayor Riordan or even just mayor. El alcalde de Los Ángeles. To others he was a lawyer, a business partner, a teacher or a philanthropist,” Riordan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

The alcalde sent a written record of the proceeding to a judge in Saltillo, the state capital, who decided the outcome.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

Shouted a supporter at his inauguration: "¡Un alcalde para to-dos!"

From Time Magazine Archive

When they die, which is most frequently the case, they are dropped at the next village, to be buried by the alcalde.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

The Audiencia district was subdivided into corregimientos, each under an alcalde, subject to the Audiencia.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

Indeed, alcaldes and other officials were foremost among those engaged in the unlawful commerce.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

Justice was administered in the cities and in the country by judges of the first instance and by alcaldes.

From Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... by Arthur D. Hall

Mas advocates strenuously the prohibition of trade granted to alcaldes and an extension of their term of office.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Edward Gaylord Bourne

At seven o'clock the old alcaldes took their seats for the last time, and administered the oath of office to their successors, after which a procession formed for the church.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens

The soldier, Morales, was advanced in years, and limped with one foot, he was one of the ordinary alcaldes of Vera Cruz, where he kept good order and was considered an honest man.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

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