English

Alternative spellings
cazique

Etymology
Taíno cacike or Arawak kassequa, both meaning "chieftain"

Noun
en-noun

1. Originally a tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
2. A local political leader in Latin America.
3. Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.

Translations
trans-top|3. A bird of the family Icteridae
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Spanish: cacique m, arrendajo m
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Portuguese

Noun
cacique s m (plural: caciques)

1. chieftain; an Indian chief, in a tribe.
2. A very powerful person;

See also
w:cacique|Wikipedia article on caciques (tribal chiefs, political leaders and birds)

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