[ad. Pg. cabociero, f. cabo, cabeça head.] The headman (of a West African village or tribe).
1836. Marryat, Midsh. Easy, xvi. My father appointed me a Caboceer.
1864. R. F. Burton, Dahome, II. 38. The type of a Dahoman Caboceer.
1866. Engel, Nat. Mus., i. 4. The melodies produced by a Caboceer, or chief, of Dahomey, upon his sanko, deserve our attention as much as those of the common negro.
