caïd
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caïd m (plural caïds)
- (historical) caid
- (colloquial, especially of a criminal gang) big shot, big man; boss
- (colloquial) hardman
Descendants
[edit]- → Spanish: caíd
Further reading
[edit]- “caïd”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.