Definition of Alcayde

1. n. Same as Alcaid.

Definition of Alcayde

1. Noun. (alternative form of alcaide) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alcayde

1. alcaide [n -S] - See also: alcaide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcayde

alcalescent
alcaligenes
alcalimeter
alcalimeters
alcanna
alcapton
alcarraza
alcator
alcator scaling
alcatote
alcatotes
alcatras
alcavala
alcavalas
alcayde (current term)
alcaydes
alcazar
alcazares
alcazars
alcedo
alcelaphine herpesvirus 1
alchemic
alchemical
alchemically
alchemies
alchemilla
alchemillas
alchemise
alchemised

Literary usage of Alcayde

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada: From the Mss. of Fray Antonio by Washington Irving (1850)
"When this was concluded, the king and queen dismissed the alcayde de los ... On the following Sunday, both the Count de Cabra and the alcayde de los ..."

2. The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth by William Walter Legge Dartmouth, William Oxenham Hewlett, Benjamin Franklin Stevens, William Page (1896)
"After many compliments from the alcayde, and civilities passed on both sides, at his Excellency's desire, Colonel Kirke. and the alcayde, shook hands; ..."

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