1. caudillo - Noun
2. Caudillo - Proper noun
A leader.
A military dictator, especially one ruling in Spain, Portugal or Latin America.
Caudillo (plural Caudillos)
A surname.
Born in 1892 in Ferrol, Galicia, Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish general and politician who ruled over Spain as head of state and dictator under the title Caudillo between 1939 and 1975. Source: Internet