kəˈsēk noun
or ca·zique -ˈz-
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish cacique, of Arawakan origin; akin to Taino cacique chief, Arawak kassequa
1.
a. : a native Indian chief in areas dominated primarily by a Spanish culture, especially the West Indies and Central and So. America
b. : a local political boss in Spain and Latin America
2.
[American Spanish, from Spanish]
: any of numerous tropical American orioles, some black in plumage, others conspicuously colored, of Cacicus or related genera, having the base of the bill expanded into a frontal shield
3.
[Phillippine Spanish, from Spanish]
: a powerful landowner in the Philippines, usually Spanish or of Spanish descent