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alcade

alcade is the alternative form of alcaide.

Meaning of alcaide

Noun

alcaide (plural alcaides)

  1. (historical) The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison.
    • Soon after Mr. Petticrew arrived at Gibraltar, he came to Tetuan in his majeſty's ſhip Seahorſe, to acquaint the alcaide that he had orders from the king of Great Britain,[…].1768, Edward Cavendish Drake, A New Universal Collection of Authentic Voyages and Travels, page 510
  2. A caid.

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Forms of alcade

pluralalcades

Questions about alcade

What is alcade the alternative form of?
Alcade is the alternative form of alcaide.

Words near alcade in the dictionary

  1. ALBW
  2. Alby
  3. Albyn
  4. alc
  5. alc.
  6. alcade
  7. alcades
  8. Alcaeus
  9. alcaftadine
  10. alcahest
  11. alcahests

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alcade (page history and authors); alcaide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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