cacique

Definitions of cacique
  1. noun
    black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
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    type of:
    ictérido
    American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
  2. noun
    the head of a tribe or clan
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    type of:
    dirigente, líder
    a person who rules or guides or inspires others
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