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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alguacil, and then from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”). Doublet of vizier.
Noun
guazil (plural guazils)
- (archaic) Synonym of vizier.
- (archaic) a high-ranking official or judge in a Muslim country.
- 1667, The English Rogue, by Richard Head
- This made him haste to the Guazil or Judge, to acquaint him of what had hapned; who upon information given, came to the prison in person, attended with Officers and other people: where having caused their irons to be struck off, he ordered their bodies to be dragged through the Town, and so cast in the Sea.