cacique
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cacique /kəˈsiːk/
▶noun
- 1 (in Latin America or the Spanish-speaking Caribbean) a native chief.
- 2 (in Spain or Latin America) a local political boss.
- 3 a gregarious tropical American bird that has black plumage with patches of red or yellow. [Genus Cacicus.]
– origin C16: from Sp. or Fr., from Taino.
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