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cacique
Part of speech: NounA petty king, particularly of anc. Mexico.
Usage examples "cacique":- There he had fallen in love with a female cacique and had made his home with her. - "Christopher Columbus, Complete", Filson Young.
- His first London appearance was made in 1873, when he took the part of Renato at the Royal Italian Opera, and was engaged there, as a result of his success, every year until 1879, playing the parts of Don Giovanni, Tell, Almaviva, Hoel, Peter the Great, Valentine, Hamlet, and the Cacique. - "Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday", Henry C. Lahee.
- The island was divided into nine independent principalities, each under a Cacique, all living in harmony, and warfare being almost unknown. - "Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom", Trumbull White.