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kaid

kaid is the alternative spelling of caid.

Meaning of caid

Noun (1)

caid (plural caids)

  1. (historical) A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
    • Having taken over the land, the caids procured labour for themselves by conscripting people for forced farm work, calling the practice a form of Touiza, which was a centuries-old practice of mutual help in the rural areas.1990, Abdelali Doumou, The Moroccan State in Historical Perspective, 1850-1985, CODESRIA, page 43

Noun (2)

caid (uncountable)

  1. Any of various ancient and traditional Irish football games.
  2. (Ireland) Modern Gaelic football.

Proper noun capitalized: Kaid

Kaid (plural Kaids)

  1. A surname from Arabic.

Forms of kaid

Noun
pluralkaids
Proper noun
pluralKaids

Origin of kaid

Borrowed from Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid); this surname is predominantly found in Algeria.

Questions about kaid

What does kaid mean?
Kaid means a surname from Arabic.
What is kaid the alternative spelling of?
Kaid is the alternative spelling of caid.
What part of speech is kaid?
Kaid is a proper noun.

Words near kaid in the dictionary

  1. Kaibarttas
  2. Kaibito
  3. kaibosh
  4. kaibun
  5. Kaicheng
  6. kaid
  7. Kaidak
  8. Kaidaks
  9. kaidan
  10. kaidans
  11. Kaiden

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kaid (page history and authors); Kaid (page history and authors); caid (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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