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Definition of Cazique
1. Noun. Black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics.
Generic synonyms: American Oriole, New World Oriole, Oriole
Group relationships: Cacicus, Genus Cacicus
Definition of Cazique
1. n. A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.
Definition of Cazique
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of cacique) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cazique
1. cacique [n -S] - See also: cacique
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cazique
Literary usage of Cazique
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nicaragua by Ephraim George Squier (1852)
"... GIL GONZALES DE AVILA, AND HIS MARCH INTO THE COUNTRY; LANDS AT NICOYA; REACHES
NICARAGUA AND HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH ITS cazique J IS CLOSELY QUESTIONED; ..."
2. The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America by William Robertson, John Frost (1843)
"... was one of the five sovereigns : district to be under the government of a
powerful cazique, named mg whom the whole island was divided. ..."
3. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo by Bernal Díaz del Castillo, John Ingram Lockhart (1844)
"How the fat cazique and other chief men of the country come and complain to ...
AFTER the Mexican messengers had taken their leave, the fat cazique with ..."
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