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Alcalde

‖

Al-cal′de

,

Noun.

[Sp.

alcalde

, fr. Ar.

al-qādī

judge, fr.

qada

to decide, judge. Hence, the

cadi

of the Turks. Cf.

.]

A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.

Prescott.

☞ Sometimes confounded with

.