caid

(Engels)

A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kɑːˈiːd/
Etimologie (Engels)

From Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”), probably through French caïd (or at least influenced by it in pronunciation). Doublet of alcaide.

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