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alguacil

alguacil is the alternative form of alguazil.

Meaning of alguazil

Noun

alguazil (plural alguazils or alguaziles)

  1. An officer of the law in Spain or Latin America.
  2. An official who maintains order during a bullfight and ensures that the rules are followed; a referee.

Forms of alguacil

pluralalguacils
pluralalguaciles

Questions about alguacil

What is alguacil the alternative form of?
Alguacil is the alternative form of alguazil.

Words near alguacil in the dictionary

  1. algraphic
  2. algraphy
  3. Algren
  4. Algrens
  5. ALGS
  6. alguacil
  7. alguacils
  8. alguazil
  9. alguaziles
  10. alguazils
  11. algum

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