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Alcaide is a Spanish name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term qāʾid, which literally means 'commander'.

Etymology

From the Arabic 'commander' it becomes the Spanish form alcayde or alcaide, origin of the Portuguese form alcaide.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "Alcayde". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. 1974.
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