单词 | alcayde |
释义 | alcayden. In Spain, Portugal, and regions under their influence: the governor or commander of a fortress or fortified town; the warden of a prison. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > commander of fortress or garrison warden1297 alcaydec1503 governor1523 burgrave1551 stadholdera1626 Town Major1646 commandant1687 dizdar1768 killadar1778 kaïd1816 c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxviij v/2 The honorable Peter gracia carnayl alcaydy ordinary of this sayd towne. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 372 The moschea of Carwen [i.e. Kairouan]..is heire to all the Alcaydes. 1707 London Gaz. mmmmcccli/2 Into the Custody of the Alcaid of Tangier. 1791 W. Lempriere Tour from Gibraltar 129 One of his friends was immediately dispatched with me to the gate of the Harem; with directions to the Alcaide of the eunuchs to admit myself and interpreter. 1803 in D. Knox Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (1941) III. 82 The Moorish Captain produced his Orders from Alcady Hashash. 1832 New-Eng. Mag. Sept. 219 ‘Hombre!’ cried the old Alcaid sternly; ‘it was by my command the deed was done!’ 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. i. xiii. 33 The sufferings of the citizens softened the stern heart of the alcayde. 1880 Harper's Mag. July 220/1 For an hour or two they battled, And the Alcayde gained amain. 1906 C. Hare Queen of Queens xii. 176 He tried to enter into negotiation with Hamet el Zegri, offering him an immense bribe on condition of immediate surrender. But the gallant Alcayde dismissed the envoy with scornful courtesy. 1946 Virginia Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 54 39 The alcayde Don Diego de Molina was detained in the colony almost exactly five years. 2004 Mariner's Mirror 90 46 Hervey managed to obtain an agreement with the alcaide of Tetuan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1503 |
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