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.