Meanings
plural caciques · alternative cazic · alternative cazique
- historicalA tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
Mexico has loved a strong leader since before Moctezuma. Indigenous tribes were ruled by caciques, or chieftans^([sic]), and in some rural communities caciques are still unchallenged.
1993 December 5, Anthony Depalma, “Why Mexico Has Only One Big Hat In the Ring”, in New York TimesSynonyms: chieftain
- A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
- biologyAny of a number of tropical birds from Central America and South America in the genera Cacicus, Cassiculus, and Amblycercus.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
More synonyms by meaning
nounblack-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech kazik
- kaziktribal chief in the Spanish West Indies
Finnish turpiaali
- turpiaalibird of the family Icteridae
German Kazike
- Kaziketribal chief in the Spanish West Indies
Japanese 酋長
- 酋長 (shōchō)tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies
Polish kacyk, kacyk
- kacyktribal chief in the Spanish West Indies
- kacykbird of the family Icteridae
Portuguese cacique
- caciquetribal chief in the Spanish West Indies
Spanish cacique, arrendajo
- caciquebird of the family Icteridae
- arrendajobird of the family Icteridae
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cacique
Cite this entry
cacique. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacique
“cacique.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacique. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cacique,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacique.
Source: cacique on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.