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noun
1.
a chief of an Indian clan or tribe in Mexico and the West Indies.
2.
(in Spain and Latin America) a political boss on a local level.
3.
(in the Philippines) a prominent landowner.
4.
any of several black and red or black and yellow orioles of the American tropics that construct long, pendent nests.
Origin:
1545–55; < Spanish < Taino (Hispaniola)
1545–55; < Spanish < Taino (Hispaniola)
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cacique or cazique (kəˈsiːk, kəˈziːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a Native American chief in a Spanish-speaking region |
| 2. | (esp in Spanish America) a local political boss |
| 3. | any of various tropical American songbirds of the genus Cacicus and related genera: family Icteridae (American orioles) |
| [C16: from Spanish, of Arawak origin; compare Taino cacique chief] | |
| cazique or cazique | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Spanish, of Arawak origin; compare Taino cacique chief] | |
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cacique
any of a dozen tropical American birds belonging to the family Icteridae (order Passeriformes) and resembling the related oropendolas. Caciques are smaller than oropendolas and have a less-powerful bill, which lacks a frontal shield. These striking black-and-yellow or black-and-red birds make hanging nests. A common species is the all-black, yellow-billed cacique (Cacicus, or Amblycercus, holosericeus), about 20 cm (8 inches) long, found in areas from southern Mexico to Bolivia.
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Their regional chieftaincies, each headed by a leader known as a cacique, crumbled away.
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