Definition of "alcayde" []

• Variant of alcaide. (noun)

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• "A report was spread that an alcayde was going to land, and that he was in pursuit of the murderers of my lord, the inquisitor."
• "While the old woman was thus haranguing, with all the prudence that old age and experience furnish, a small bark entered the harbor, in which was an alcayde and his alguazils."
• "On regaining his crown, the alcayde was rewarded for his fidelity."