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alcalde
noun
[ alˈkaldeɪ ]
• a magistrate or mayor in a Spanish, Portuguese, or Latin American town.
Origin:
mid 16th century: Spanish, from Arabic al-qāḍī ‘the judge’ (see qadi).
