‖ alcalde
(alˈkalde)
Also alcade.
[Sp., ad. Arab. al-qā{dced}ī the judge, f. qa{dced}a(y to judge. The same word as a Turkish title is englished cadi. Sometimes in Fr. form alcade.]
A magistrate of a town, a sheriff or justice, in Spain and Portugal.
| 1615 Bedwell Arab. Trudg., Kadi or Alkadi..signifieth also a Iudge. 1666 Lond. Gaz. lxi/2 The Alcalde sent an Alguazil..to the Admiral. 1842 Longfellow Sp. St. iii. 2 Why that was Pedro Crespo, the alcalde! 1861 Motley Dutch Rep. II. 263 A requisitory letter to the alcades, corregidors, and other judges of Castille. |