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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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d8Alcaid \[d8]Al*caid"\, Alcayde \Al*cayde"\ ([acr]k*k[amac]d"; Sp. [aum]l*k[aum]*[esl]"d[asl]), n. [Sp. alcaide, fr. Ar. al-q[be][c6]d governor, fr. q[be]da to lead, govern.] 1. A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors. 2. The warden, or keeper of a jail. | |
