Definitions for Caudillo

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Caudillo cau·dil·lo

Spelling: [kaw-deel-yoh, -dee-oh; Spanish kou- Caudillo is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 208 anagrams from letters in Caudillo (acdillou).

Definitions for Caudillo

noun

1. (in Spanish-speaking countries) a head of state, especially a military dictator.

Origin of Caudillo

1850-55; Spanish Late Latin capitellum, equivalent to Latin capit- (stem of caput) head + -ellum diminutive suffix; see -elle

Examples for Caudillo

Like Assange, Snowden is a tempting piece on the Ecuadoran caudillo's geopolitical game board.

Though Urquiza was a caudillo he had no such ambition for supreme power as plagued Rosas.