caudillo

Definitions


[kaʊˈdiːjəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries) a military or political leader


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Origin:
Spanish, from late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin caput ‘head’. The title El Caudillo, ‘the leader’, was assumed by General Franco of Spain in 1938




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