al·cal·de 
(ăl-käldē, äl-käldĕ)
(ăl-käldē, äl-käldĕ)n.
The mayor or chief judicial official of a Spanish town.
[Spanish, from Arabic al-qāḍī : al-, the + qāḍī, judge, active participle of qaḍā, to judge; see qy in the Appendix of Semitic roots.]