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Examples
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And that San Francisco hasn't had a Latino mayor since the 1800s, when they were called alcaldes.
SFGate: Top News Stories Heather Knight 2011
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Those who distinguish themselves in the carpenter's shop, at the forge, or in the field, are termed alcaldes, or chiefs, and given charge of a band of workmen.
The Famous Missions of California William Henry Hudson 1890
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Although the governor, in the orders which he gives for the hospitals and for other persons, such as alcaldes-mayor, does not name the number of gantas to be given for
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Figaros, grandees, alcaldes, dames, and damsels — the whole company on the stage began to eddy about, and come and go, and look for one another.
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I'll bet, if they are going to Salamanca to study, they'll come to be alcaldes of the
Don Quixote 2002
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Spain of pimping barbers, sharking alguazils, and corrupt alcaldes, they may be sought after; but if they have to wait until such time for their deliverance, there is danger of their enchantment enduring until doomsday.
The Alhambra 2002
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At the same time be observed that the man who had told them about the matter was wrong in saying that the two who brayed were regidors, for according to the lines of the standard they were alcaldes.
Don Quixote 2002
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Spain of pimping barbers, sharking alguazils, and corrupt alcaldes, they may be sought after; but if they have to wait until such time for their deliverance, there is danger of their enchantment enduring until doomsday.
The Alhambra 2002
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To which Sancho replied, "Senor, there's nothing to stick at in that, for maybe the regidors who brayed then came to he alcaldes of their town afterwards, and so they may go by both titles; moreover, it has nothing to do with the truth of the story whether the brayers were alcaldes or regidors, provided at any rate they did bray; for an alcalde is just as likely to bray as a regidor."
Don Quixote 2002
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Calle de Santiago in Madrid, which is rather narrow, one of the alcaldes of the Court, with two alguacils before him, was coming out of it, and as soon as my good squire saw him he wheeled his mule about and made as if he would turn and accompany him.
Don Quixote 2002
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