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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”).
Pronunciation
Noun
caïd m (plural caïds)
- (historical) caid
- (colloquial, especially of a criminal gang) big shot, big man; boss
2023, Frédéric Beigbeder, “Adieu la coke”, in Confessions d'un hétérosexuel légèrement dépassé, Paris: Albin Michel, →ISBN, page 40:Je n’ai dit à personne que c’était ma première fois ; je roulais des mécaniques comme un caïd des naseaux.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) hardman
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