different between alcaide vs caid

English

Alternative forms

• alcayde

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcaide, from Arabic ??????????? (al-q??id, “leader”); compare caid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æl?ka?di/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

alcaide (plural alcaides)

1. The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison.
   • 1768, Edward Cavendish Drake, A New Universal Collection of Authentic Voyages and Travels, page 510,

     Soon after Mr. Petticrew arrived at Gibraltar, he came to Tetuan in his maje?ty's ?hip Seahor?e, to acquaint the alcaide that he had orders from the king of Great Britain, […] .

   • 1810, John Joseph Stockdale (editor and publisher), The History of the Inquisitions, extract published in 1810, The Literary Panorama, and National Register, Volume 8, page 219,

     It was, above all, to the alcaide and the guards of the prisoners that he studied to recommend himself.

   • 1825, The Literary Chronicle for the year 1825, page 172,

     The municipal bodies were charged regularly to inspect the prisons; to watch over the conduct of the alcaides, and the inferior officers; and to propose to the government such measures as they judged to be best conducive to humanity and sound policy.

2. A caid.

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

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Noun

alcaide m (plural alcaides)

1. alcaide (commander of a province or fortress)

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????????? (al-q??id, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?kaide/, [al?kai?.ð?e]

Noun

alcaide m (plural alcaides)

1. commander of the defense of a castle
2. administrator of royal property
3. warden; administrator of a prison

Further reading

• “alcaide” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

From Arabic ??????? (q??id, “leader”). Compare alcaide.

Alternative forms

• kaid
• qaid

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???i?d/

Noun

caid (plural caids)

1. (historical) A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
   • 1990, Abdelali Doumou, The Moroccan State in Historical Perspective, 1850-1985, CODESRIA, page 43,

     Having taken over the land, the caids procured labour for themselves by conscripting people for forced farm work, calling the practice a form of Touiza, which was a centuries-old practice of mutual help in the rural areas.

   • 2002, Ethnology, Volume 41, University of Pittsburgh, page 115,

     This results in frequent and severe conflicts which, if the provincial governor and the caid are unable to resolve them, are taken to the Ministry of the Interior in Rabat.

     The office of caid can be considered an extension of the province head.

   • 2005, Benjamin Claude Brower, A Desert Named Peace: Violence and Empire in the Algerian Sahara, 1844-1902, Volume 1, Cornell University, page 155,

     Most of the process was in the hands of the caids who drew up first estimates of the taxable wealth. Then the local head of the Bureau Arab looked over these figures for the final fiscal census. This gave the caid much power.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Irish caid (“stuffed ball; football”).

Noun

caid (uncountable)

1. Any of various ancient and traditional Irish football games.
2. (Ireland) Modern Gaelic football.

Anagrams

• -adic, ACID, Daic, acid, adic, cadi

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

caid f (genitive singular caide, nominative plural caideanna)

1. ashlar, stone
2. (anatomy) testicle

Synonyms

• (ashlar): eisléir
• (testicle): cloch, magairle, úirí

Etymology 2

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Noun

caid f (genitive singular caide, nominative plural caideanna)

1. stuffed ball
   1. football, soccer ball
   2. rugby ball
2. (uncountable) football, soccer (game); Gaelic football (game)

Synonyms

• (football (ball)): liathróid
• (football, soccer (ball or game)): peil
• (rugby ball): liathróid rugbaí
• (Gaelic football): peil Ghaelach

Declension

Mutation

References

• "caid" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Romanian

Etymology

From French caïd.

Noun

caid m (plural caizi)

1. caid

Declension