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alcaide

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al·cai·de also al·cay·de  (l-kd)
n.
The commander or governor of a fortress in Spain or Portugal.
[Spanish, from Arabic al-q'id, the leader : al-, the + q'id, leader, active participle of qda, to lead; see qwd in Semitic roots.]


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" Don Quixote, observing the respectful bearing of the Alcaide of the fortress (for so innkeeper and inn seemed in his eyes), made answer, "Sir Castellan, for me anything will suffice, for
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