guazil

== 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[1] 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. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: gua‧zil === Noun === guazil m (plural guazis) alternative form of alguazil === Further reading === “guazil”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “guazil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026