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Definitions for Cacique

[1] a chief of an Indian 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.
[5] a Native American chief in a Spanish-speaking region
[6] (esp in Spanish America) a local political boss
[7] any of various tropical American songbirds of the genus Cacicus and related genera: family Icteridae (American orioles)

Words nearby Cacique

cachinnation, cachoeiro do itapemirim, cachou, cachucha, cacimbo, cacique, caciquism, cack, cack-handed, cackermander, cackle

Origin of Cacique

1545–55; < Spanish < Taino (Hispaniola)

Word origin for Cacique

C16: from Spanish, of Arawak origin; compare Taino cacique chief