cacique
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 7
/kəˈsiːk/
Definition of cacique
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
“Mexico has loved a strong leader since before Moctezuma. Indigenous tribes were ruled by caciques, or chieftans^([sic]), and in some rural communities caciques are still unchallenged.”
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noun
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(historical)A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
“Mexico has loved a strong leader since before Moctezuma. Indigenous tribes were ruled by caciques, or chieftans^([sic]), and in some rural communities caciques are still unchallenged.”
- A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
- Any of a number of tropical birds from Central America and South America in the genera Cacicus, Cassiculus, and Amblycercus.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Lokono kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).
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