noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of vizier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vizier
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
guazil
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noun
Meaning 2
a high-ranking official or judge in a Muslim country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- 1667, The English Rogue, by Richard Headhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/50416/50416-h/50416-h.htm 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.
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History
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.