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kacyk

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Kazike.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.t͡sɘk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡sɘk
  • Syllabification: ka‧cyk

Noun

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kacyk m pers

  1. cacique (tribal chief)
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) an official, especially provincial, who abuses his authority or uses his position for personal gain
    • 1998, Ryszard Kapuściński, “Wykład o Ruandzie [A lecture on Rwanda]”, in Heban [The Shadow of the Sun], Czytelnik, →ISBN, page 184:
      Ot, małe zagubione w górach na dalekim kontynencie państewko, rządzone przez żarłoczną familię chciwych, despotycznych kacyków.
      So, a little nation somewhere in the mountains of a distant continent, ruled by a greedy family of voracious, despotic petty chieftains. [trans. by Klara Glowczewska]

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Noun

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kacyk m animal

  1. New World oriole (bird of the genus Icterus)

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