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Definition of: alcaide
(al·kād′, Sp. äl·kä′ē·thā) noun
1. The governor of a Spanish, Portuguese, or Moorish castle or fortress.
2. The warden of a prison; a jailer. Also al·cayde′. [<Sp. <Arabic al-qā′īd the leader]
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