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ALCADE

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al⋅cal⋅de

[al-kal-dee; Sp. ahl-kahl-the]
–noun, plural -des [-deez; Sp. -thes] . (in Spain and Southwestern U.S.)
a mayor having judicial powers.
Also, al⋅cade [al-keyd] .


Origin:
1605–15; < Sp < Ar al-qāḍī the judge
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