al·cal·de ( l-käl d , äl-käld )n. The mayor or chief judicial official of a Spanish town. [Spanish, from Arabic al-q    : al-, the + q, judge, active participle of qa, to judge; see q y in Semitic roots.] |
alcalde [ælˈkældɪ (Spanish) alˈkalde], alcade [ælˈkeɪd]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Spain and Spanish America) the mayor or chief magistrate in a town
[from Spanish, from Arabic al-qādī the judge, from qadā to judge]
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| Noun | 1. | alcalde - a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town judge, jurist, justice - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice city manager, mayor - the head of a city government |
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