OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 38195

caid

/kɑːˈiːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caíd
A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
Having taken over the land, the caids procured labour for themselves by conscripting people for forced farm work, calling the practice a form of Touiza, which was a centuries-old p…
This results in frequent and severe conflicts which, if the provincial governor and the caid are unable to resolve them, are taken to the Ministry of the Interior in Rabat. The off…
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