alguazil

From Spanish alguacil, from Arabic اَلْوَزِير (al-wazīr, “minister, vizier”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /alɡwəˈzɪl/, /alɡwəˈziːl/

alguazil (plural alguazils)

1. An officer of the law in Spain or Latin America. [from 16th c.]

Borrowed from Spanish alguazil (now alguacil), from Arabic اَلْوَزِير (al-wazīr, “minister, vizier”).

• IPA^(key): /al.ɡwa.zil/

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alguazil m (plural alguazils)

1. alguazil; loosely law officer, constable

• “alguazil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Hyphenation: al‧gua‧zil

alguazil m (plural alguazis)

1. Alternative form of aguazil

alguazil m (plural alguaziles)

1. Obsolete form of alguacil.