caid

noun

ca·​id

variants or qaid

käˈēt͟h,

ˈkīt͟h

plural -s

1

: alcaide

2

a

: a Muslim local administrator, judge, and tax collector in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia

b

: a chief especially of the Berber tribal communities of the Atlas region

Word History

Etymology

Spanish caíd, caid, from Arabic qā'id

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