alcalde

alcalde (ahl-kahl-day or al-kal-dee). [fr. Arabic al-qadi “the Cadi” or “the judge”] Spanish law.

1. Hist. A judicial officer. • The alcalde’s functions typically resembled those of a justice of the peace.

2. The mayor of a Spanish or Spanish-American town, usu. with a judicial element. • This is the modern sense.


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