CACIQUE


Meaning of CACIQUE in English

/keuh seek"/ , n.

1. a chief of an Indian clan or tribe in Mexico and the West Indies.

2. (in Spain and Latin America) a political boss on a local level.

3. (in the Philippines) a prominent landowner.

4. any of several black and red or black and yellow orioles of the American tropics that construct long, pendent nests.

[ 1545-55; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .