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‖ caudillo|kauˈdiʎo|
[Sp., leader, chief: late L. (Rom.) capitellum, dim. of caput head.]
The head or chief of state of a Spanish-speaking country; spec. the title (El Caudillo) assumed by General Francisco Franco in 1938 as head of the Spanish state, in imitation of Duce and Führer. So caudiˈllismo, a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo.
1852F. White Diary 182 in Publ. Archives Canada The era of the caudillos has passed away [in Argentina]. 1918W. H. Hudson Far away & Long Ago viii. 130 The greatest and most interesting of all the South American Caudillos or leaders. 1939Ann. Reg. 1938 264 The Caudillo took unto himself yet another imposing title, Captain-General of Spain. 1955Ann. Reg. 1954 323 It was apparent that caudillismo was generally accepted as the normal method of government. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Mar. 163/1 The Franco régime has already survived longer than most European dictatorships... The Caudillo seems as firmly in the saddle as ever. 1969J. Mander Static Soc. i. 69 It was this crisis of legitimacy that gave rise to the Latin American caudillo. Ibid. viii. 274 Caudillismo of the old type was no longer tolerable. |