Definition of Alcyde

Definition of Alcyde

||Al*caid", Al*cayde" (ăk*kād"; Sp. äl*kä*&esl;"d&asl;), n. [Sp. alcaide, fr. Ar. al-qāīd governor, fr. qāda 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.

||Al*cayde" (ăl*kād"), n. Same as Alcaid.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

commander of a Spanish fortress

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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