alcaide

American  

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

Or alcayde

noun

alcaides plural

1. a commander of a fortress.

2. a jailer; the warden of a prison.

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alcaide British  

/ alˈkaɪðe, ælˈkeɪd /

noun

1. the commander of a fortress or castle

2. the governor of a prison

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• alcaides
  plural

Etymology

Origin of alcaide

First recorded in 1495–1505; from Spanish, from Arabic al-qā'id “the leader”

Example Sentences

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alcaide alcaides

Then we must do with St. James of Compostella what the men of Burgos did with their alcaide, who persisted in getting drunk when he ought to have been getting sober.

From Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Spanish and Portuguese Folklore by Various

The alcaide returned a courteous answer, offering the princess and her train the shelter of the castle, but saying that he had not the power to release them.

From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles

The title of alcalde must be carefully distinguished from alcaide, which is derived from the Arabic al-quaid, a general, and means the governor of a fortress.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

At Algiers, he said, there lived, overlooking the prison, a great alcaide named Hadji Morato, a very rich man, who had but one child, a daughter of great beauty.

From The Story of Don Quixote by Choate, Florence

At this instant there was great warre betweene this alcaide and another gouernor of the next prouince.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Hakluyt, Richard

He was sitting in a chair by the side of the pond, accompanied only by two of his chief alcaides.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous

Round its border were to be depicted the eleven alcaides defeated in the battle.

From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles