Cacicus

noun

Ca·​ci·​cus

kəˈsēkəs

: a genus of tropical American orioles (family Icteridae) see cacique sense 2

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from American Spanish cacique

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

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