caudillos

[kaw-deel-yoh, -dee-oh; Sp. kou-thee-lyaw, -thee-yaw]

Origin

noun, plural -dil·los

[-deel-yohz, -dee-ohz; Sp. -thee-lyaws, -thee-yaws] .

(in Spanish-speaking countries) a head of state, especially a military dictator.

Origin:
1850–55; < Spanish < Late Latin capitellum, equivalent to Latin capit- (stem of caput) head + -ellum diminutive suffix; see -elle

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Word Origin & History

caudillo

dictator in Spain or Latin America, 1852, from Sp. caudillo "leader, chief," from L.L. capitellum, dim. of caput "head" (see head).

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