- Chief provincial governor. (CW)
- An 'alcaide-mor' had jurisdiction over a province or a fortified city. In English, the word 'governor' often implies civil (i.e. juridical) and military governance, which is also the case with the Portuguese office of 'alcaide-mor'. Compare with Alcaide. (CW)
Lexical Types:
Chronicle entries in which Alcaide-mor appears:
Citation: