alcayde

American  

[al-kahy-dee, ahl-kahy-the] / ælˈkaɪ di, ɑlˈkaɪ ðɛ /

noun

plural

alcaydes

1. a variant of alcaide.

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Example Sentences

Lord Governor, I have long loved a lady, daughter of the Alcayde of a certain fortress.

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Then sounds the trumpet clearly, then clangs the loud tambour; Make room, make room for Ganzul, throw wide, throw wide the door— Blow, blow the trumpet clearer still, more loudly strike the drum, The Alcaydé of Agalva to fight the bull has come.

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Alcaid, Alcayde, al-kād′, n. a governor: a chief magistrate: a gaoler.

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Moreover, the defence was led by Ez-Zegry, an heroic Moor, who had been Alcayde of Ronda and could not forgive the Christians for wrenching that famous rocky fortress from him, and who now inspired the citizens and his following of African troops with a spirit of daring and endurance which the Catholic sovereigns in vain tried to subdue.

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For there was there Sueiro da Costa, Alcayde of that city of Lagos, who was a nobleman and a fidalgo, brought up from boyhood in the court of the King, Dom Edward; and who happened to have been in many notable actions.

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