caudillo

n. 军事领导人物, 首领

发音

/kɔˈdiː(j)oʊ/
/kaʊˈdiː(j)oʊ/

词形变化

caudillos 复数 caudillos

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A leader.

  2. 2.

    A military dictator, especially one ruling in Spain, Portugal or Latin America.

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词源

From Spanish caudillo, from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin caput, capitis (“head”). Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capital, and capitellum. More possible, from kaput and ili (iri, ür, uri: town), from Basque language. In Iberian ili is high point, high city.

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