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qaid

qaid 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.

Forms of qaid

pluralqaids

Questions about qaid

What is qaid the alternative spelling of?
Qaid is the alternative spelling of caid.

Words near qaid in the dictionary

  1. qahals
  2. Qahira
  3. Qahtanite
  4. Qahtanites
  5. QAI
  6. qaid
  7. Qaidam
  8. qaids
  9. qaimaqam
  10. qaimaqams
  11. QAIMNS

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Adapted from Wiktionary: qaid (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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