‖Al‐cal″de (�), n. [Sp. alcalde, fr. Ar. al-qādī judge, fr. qada to decide, judge. Hence, the cadi of the Turks. Cf. Cadi.] A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc. Prescott.
☞ Sometimes confounded with Alcaid.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.