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alcalde

[ al-kal-dee; Spanish ahl-kahl-the ]

noun

plural alcaldes
  1. a mayor having judicial powers.


alcalde

/ alˈkalde; ælˈkældɪ; ælˈkeɪd /

noun

  1. (in Spain and Spanish America) the mayor or chief magistrate in a town
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of alcalde1

1605–15; < Spanish < Arabic ²¹±ô-±çÄåá¸Ä« the judge
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of alcalde1

C17: from Spanish, from Arabic ²¹±ô-±çÄå»åÄ« the judge, from ±ç²¹»åÄå to judge
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“To many of you he was Mayor Riordan or even just mayor. El alcalde de Los Ãngeles. To others he was a lawyer, a business partner, a teacher or a philanthropist,†Riordan said.

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While in office, he was known as "el alcalde dadivoso," or the generous mayor.

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The Royal Audience was abolished; the archbishop and clergy in prison; and the government of the city had been committed to an ordinary alcalde, who was the Governor’s nephew, and two regidores, his creatures.

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The owner appealed to the local alcalde, a brother of the provincial governor.

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This city, made 518nearly a year ago into a Federal district, has a governor and a sufficient number of alcaldes and other subalterns to maintain order and police.

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