Alcaide

Alcaide

Alcaide

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Alcaide is a Spanish name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term qāʾid, which literally means 'commander'.

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Etymology

From the Arabic 'commander' it becomes the Spanish form alcayde or alcaide, origin of the Portuguese form alcaide.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Alcayde". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. 1974.
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