Alternate spelling of caimacam, a Turkish or Ottoman administrative official or deputy governor.
Variant spelling of 'caimacam,' reflecting different transliteration systems from Ottoman Turkish. Both spellings appear in English colonial and historical documents equally.
The word 'caimakam' still exists in modern Turkish government—it shows institutional continuity, where positions and their names survive regime changes and centuries because they fill essential administrative needs.
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