Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The mayor or chief judicial official of a Spanish town.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Spain and Portugal, and in countries settled by Spaniards or governed by Spanish law, the mayor of a pueblo or town, who is the head of the municipal council, and is vested with judicial powers similar to those of a justice of the peace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
traditional Spanish municipal magistrate , who had bothjudicial andadministrative functions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town
Etymologies
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Examples
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The alcalde was the politician, knowing the affairs of the world and speaking familiarly of the King and the Queen and the Marquis of Cadiz.
1492, 1922
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The alcalde was the politician, knowing the affairs of the world and speaking familiarly of the King and the Queen and the
1492 Mary Johnston 1903
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"The alcalde is a great observer," remarked Fray Sibyla in a meaning tone.
The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878
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Poor Victoriano flew into a violent rage, and after calling the alcalde several very uncivil names, he pulled the soga from his bags, flung it at his head, and told him to take it home and use it for his own neck.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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Poor Victoriano flew into a violent rage, and after calling the alcalde several very uncivil names, he pulled the soga from his bags, flung it at his head, and told him to take it home and use it for his own neck.
The Bible in Spain 1712
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It was, however, not necessary to wait for noon; for about half-past ten o'clock a boat was seen approaching the _Nonsuch_ from the shore; and when she presently drew near enough to permit recognition of the faces of those in her it was seen that the alcalde was her solitary passenger; and very shortly afterwards she ranged up alongside the English ship, and Don Juan Alvarez climbed the side ladder in an evident state of profound trepidation.
The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Harry Collingwood 1886
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The town was honeycombed with rebel sympathizers and one of them was the alcalde, or mayor.
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768–1829) 2008
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The town was honeycombed with rebel sympathizers and one of them was the alcalde, or mayor.
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768–1829) 2008
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When Hays approached the city, its alcalde came out with a white flag to beg the Rangers to spare the town.51 They did.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010
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Cuando el alcalde apareció para decir quién firmó los cheques la gente no paró de abuchearlo.
trivet commented on the word alcalde
magistrate
February 7, 2007