Definitions for caudillos

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caudillos cau·dil·lo

Spelling: [kaw-deel-yoh, -dee-oh; Spanish kou- Caudillos is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 411 anagrams from letters in caudillos (acdillosu).

Definitions for caudillos

noun

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

Origin of caudillos

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

Examples for caudillos

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

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