caboceer

noun

cab·​o·​ceer

¦kabə¦si(ə)r,

-bō-,

-iə

plural -s

: a West African native chief

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese cabeceira, from cabeça head, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin capitia

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

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