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cacique in British English

(kəˈsiːk) or cazique (kəˈziːk)
noun
1. 
a Native American chief in a Spanish-speaking region
2. 
(esp in Latin America) a local political boss
3. 
any of various tropical American songbirds of the genus Cacicus and related genera: family Icteridae (American orioles)
Word origin
C16: from Spanish, of Arawak origin; compare Taino cacique chief

cacique in American English

(kəˈsik)
noun
1. 
a chief of an indigenous clan or tribe in Mexico and the West Indies
2. (in Spain and Latin America)
a political boss on a local level
3. (in the Philippines)
a prominent landowner
4. 
any of several black and red or black and yellow orioles of the American tropics that construct long, pendent nests
Word origin
[1545–55; ‹ Sp ‹ Taino (Hispaniola)]

Examples of 'cacique' in a sentence
cacique

They both looked across at Marlette, then the cacique climbed the steps and disappeared into the chapel.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR
Marlette watched the cacique walk back to the chapel where he spoke to a youth in his twenties.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR
`I would speak with you," the cacique announced, and Dennison gestured for him to be allowed through the cordon.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR

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