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alcayde

alcayde 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.

See all 3 meanings of alcaide

Forms of alcayde

pluralalcaydes

Questions about alcayde

What is alcayde the alternative form of?
Alcayde is the alternative form of alcaide.

Words near alcayde in the dictionary

  1. Alcatraz
  2. Alcauter
  3. Alcauters
  4. alcavala
  5. alcavalas
  6. alcayde
  7. alcaydes
  8. alcazar
  9. alcazares
  10. alcazars
  11. alce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alcayde (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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