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Definition: Alcalde
Alcalde
\Al*cal"de\, n. [Sp. alcalde, fr. Ar. al-q[=a]d[=i]
judge, fr. qada to decide, judge. Hence, the cadi of the
Turks. Cf.
Cadi.]
A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.
--Prescott.
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Note: Sometimes confounded with
Alcaid.
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