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caudillos

caudillos is the plural of caudillo.

Meaning of caudillo

Noun

caudillo (plural caudillos)

  1. A leader.
    • While an America in decline may throw up a more competent caudillo than Trump in time, it is difficult to reasonably conclude that it possesses the societal solidarity to wage a decades-long, global struggle against a near-competitor.2020 June 1, Aris Roussinos, Covid has exposed America as a failed state
  2. A military dictator, especially one ruling in Spain, Portugal or Latin America.
    • For, despite all the debunking and cynicism in this generation, there still are, amazingly, trusting people around who need to believe in great helmsmen, dear leaders, fuhrers, presidents-for-life, generalissimos and charismatic caudillos.1994 October 14, Dallas Morning News

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Proper noun capitalized: Caudillos

Caudillos

  1. (plural) plural of Caudillo

Questions about caudillos

What is caudillos the plural of?
Caudillos is the plural of caudillo.
What part of speech is caudillos?
Caudillos is a proper noun.

Words near caudillos in the dictionary

  1. caudillism
  2. caudillismo
  3. caudillismos
  4. caudillo
  5. caudilloism
  6. caudillos
  7. caudilloship
  8. Caudills
  9. Caudine
  10. caudinid
  11. caudinids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caudillos (page history and authors); Caudillos (page history and authors); caudillo (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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