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Black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
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cacique
Word definitions for cacique in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cacique \Ca*cique"\, n. [Sp.] See Cazique.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Originally a tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies. 2 A local political leader in Latin America. 3 Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cacique is a Native American title for a chief or leader. Cacique may also refer to: Cacique (bird) , several species Cacique (horse) Cacique (rum) , from Venezuela Cacique Cheese , a brand of Hispanic cheeses, chorizos and creams Cacique Guaro , a brand ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n : black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics [syn: cazique ]
Usage examples of cacique.
Don Juan Ponce was curious about the great virility of this cacique, and one day he sent a certain Aurelio Herrera to visit him in his village.
Director of Lands, it was said, wrote a letter, in turn, to Manuel Valerio, the cacique, calling upon him to desist from troubling Blas Ramos, the tao.
Each statement now to follow comes, however, from a mestizo Filipino in high standing in the cacique ranks, whether in public life or in other fields.
He who comes straight out, as scarce a mestizo dares to come, and defies the Big Caciques to their teeth?
And, as will further be seen in connection with the land-shark plague, the conditions of life under cacique rule would kill thrift in an ant-hill.
Yonder strode caciques of the Azteca with saw edged, obsidian toothed swords hanging by their sides.
Torridge for its weight in silver, and draw from thence, after the example of the Caciques of Dariena, supplies of inspiration much needed, then as now, in those Gothamite regions.
This touched the local caciques on a very tender spot, and made evident the necessity of quieting the little man.
The Tomasas and the horse thief parientes, the Justices of the Peace and the caciques are to-day, as a whole, just what they were at the beginning of the century.
The main grip of these minor caciques lies in their practice of money-lending at usury, which makes them masters of the lives, including the votes, of the people.
If a Filipino makes the caciques hate him, who is going to protect him from cacique vengeance if America goes?
Whereupon, Provincial Governor Carlos, with the local caciques, besieged the Philippine Legislature with imperative demands that the Rural Credit be kept out.
Then the Legislature, itself composed chiefly of caciques and the lawyers of caciques, decided that better yet might be done for cacique purses.
Americans first came, we taos were told, by the caciques, that Americans are all huge monsters who devour everything and who chop off the heads of every Filipino they can catch.
American veterinarians and cattle-inspectors had all been dropped out of the service, leaving ignorant and venal local caciques to dictate at pleasure.