cacique /kaˈsiːk 
/ ▸ noun 1 (in Latin America or the Spanish-speaking Caribbean) a local leader of an Indigenous people: every settlement had a cacique or chief.
▪ (in Spain or Latin America) a local political boss.
2 a gregarious tropical American bird that has black plumage with patches of red or yellow. Genus Cacicus, family Icteridae: several species.
– ORIGIN mid 16th century: from Spanish or French, from Taino.
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