| 释义 |
ca·cique
\kəˈsēk\ noun
or ca·zique \-ˈz-\
(-s)
Etymology: Spanish cacique, of Arawakan origin; akin to Taino cacique chief, Arawak kassequa
1.
a. : a native Indian chief in areas dominated primarily by a Spanish culture, especially the West Indies and Central and So. America
b. : a local political boss in Spain and Latin America
2. [American Spanish, from Spanish] : any of numerous tropical American orioles, some black in plumage, others conspicuously colored, of Cacicus or related genera, having the base of the bill expanded into a frontal shield
3. [Phillippine Spanish, from Spanish] : a powerful landowner in the Philippines, usually Spanish or of Spanish descent |