Alcaide

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Alcaide
GenderMale
Language(s)Portuguese
Spanish
Origin
Meaning"Castle Commander"
Region of originIberian Peninsula
Other names
Variant form(s)Alcaid

Alcaide is a Portuguese and Spanish name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term qāʾid, which literally means 'commander'.

Etymology

From the Arabic 'commander' it becomes the Spanish form alcayde or alcaide, origin of the Portuguese form alcaide.[1]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Alcayde". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. 1974.