cacique

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies. historical
    — Mexico has loved a strong leader since before Moctezuma. Indigenous tribes were ruled by caciques, or chieftans^([sic]), and in some rural communities caciques are still unchallenged.
  2. A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
  3. Any of a number of tropical birds from Central America and South America in the genera Cacicus, Cassiculus, and Amblycercus.

词形变化

caciques plural cazic alternative cazique alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
caciquism

词源

Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Lokono kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).
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