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caudillo

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8 lettersPronunciation /kɔˈdiː(j)oʊ/Sorted acdillouStarts with CEnds with O0 clues
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  1. A caudillo is a political or military leader.

Word origin

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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  • Then there’s Mexico’s outgoing populist and wannabe caudillo, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is pushing a crowd-pleasing law to require all judges be elected by popular vote, including to the Supreme Court.

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