alcalde
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1. alcalde - Noun
2. Alcalde - Proper noun
Meaning
A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.
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For his loyalty to Dávila, Pizarro was rewarded with the positions of mayor ( Alcalde ) and magistrate of the then recently founded Panama City from 1519 to 1523.
El Mejor Alcalde El Rey, pp. 446–447 Although Lope has a great knowledge of the plastic arts, he did not use it during the major part of his career nor in theater or scenography.
However, plays like Sancho García, El Rey loco, and El Alcalde Ronquillo are much more original.
Hernandez clarified that as an alcalde, he does not deal with the matters of the village.
The day after that letter was written, Sutherland (actually, as alcalde) signed a document of historic interest.