Home › Words › A › alcaldealcalde/ɑlˈkɑldi/alcalde means A surname from Spanish.alcalde is pronounced /ɑlˈkɑldi/.EtymologyBorrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”). Doublet of qadi and casis.nameA surname from Spanish.nounIn Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions.e.g.“There's to be a fair, you know. The alcalde announced it. He's got a good head for business, our alcalde has.” — 1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter I, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 10:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.alcaide 72% match — The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison. vs alcalde →alcaldeship 72% match — The role or status of alcalde. vs alcalde →alguazil 71% match — An officer of the law in Spain or Latin America. vs alcalde →regidor 70% match — A position in municipal governments in Spain and Latin America, roughly corresponding to alderman (member of municipal legislative body). vs alcalde →ayuntamiento 67% match — A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen. vs alcalde →corregidor 65% match — The chief magistrate of a Spanish town or one in the Spanish Empire. vs alcalde →mayor 62% match — The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally. vs alcalde →aldermanate 60% match — The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town. vs alcalde →