Meaning of cacique

ca•cique

Pronunciation: (ku-sēk'), [key]

— n.

a chief of an Indian clan or tribe in Mexico and the West Indies.
(in Spain and Latin America) a political boss on a local level.
(in the Philippines) a prominent landowner.
any of several black and red or black and yellow orioles of the American tropics that construct long, pendent nests.

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