cacique

[ kuh-seek ]

/ kəˈsik /

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.

Origin of cacique

1545–55; < Spanish < Taino (Hispaniola)

It is from the perspective of a Mexican cacique on his deathbed.

My Father Sergio Muñoz Bata’s Friendship With Novelist Carlos Fuentes |Lorenza Muñoz |May 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The head is that of Ruminhauy, or Rumminaui, a Peruvian cacique.

The Ceramic Art |Jennie J. Young
The Cacique of Casqui came to the Governor, and brought his people with him.

A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 |A Gentleman of Elvas
It had been found by a cacique, not on a river bank but in a dry mound.

De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) |Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt

They removed from that town to the one where the cacique was accustomed to live, because it was in the open field.

Original Narratives of Early American History |Vaca and Others
The office is for life, unless terminated by improper behavior, when the cacique may be deposed.

Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX |Various

cacique

/ (kəˈsiːk) /

a Native American chief in a Spanish-speaking region

(esp in Spanish America) a local political boss

any of various tropical American songbirds of the genus Cacicus and related genera: family Icteridae (American orioles)

C16: from Spanish, of Arawak origin; compare Taino cacique chief