Alcayde

Ahmed was the son of the Alcayde of Alcala la Real.

The Alhambra 2002

Ahmed was the son of the Alcayde of Alcala la Real.

The Alhambra 2002

Mahomed with his family took refuge in the fortress of Ucles, near Toledo, where he was treacherously poisoned by the Alcayde; and thus perished one of the last of the Ommiades.

The Alhambra 2002

Mahomed with his family took refuge in the fortress of Ucles, near Toledo, where he was treacherously poisoned by the Alcayde; and thus perished one of the last of the Ommiades.

The Alhambra 2002

English Merchants, and the French, on horseback, to meete me; and before night there came an Alcayde from the King with fiftie men, and divers mules laden with victuall and banket for my supper,

An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny

This was not so: Sir Philip Yorke's unsuccessful prosecution, and to which of course Pulteney's ballad refers, was in 1729, when Francklin was tried for printing "The Alcayde of Seville's Speech," and, as the song indicates, acquitted.

Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850 Various

Bartholomew serves best where he has been, Adelantado and Alcayde.

1492, 1922

Acting on the advice of the Alcayde, Borrow despatched a note to Maria Diaz, with the result that when Mr Sothern arrived, he found the prisoner not only surrounded by his friends and furniture, but enjoying a comfortable meal, whereat he laughed heartily.

The Life of George Borrow Jenkins, Herbert 1912

Alcayde; in Marocco it is = colonel, and is prefixed e.g. Ka'íd Maclean.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Some of her ancient attendants interceded for her liberation, promising countless sums to be paid by her father for her ransom; but the Alcayde turned a deaf ear to all their golden offers.

Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 Various 1840