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machice.

Headword: 
machice.
Principal English Translation: 

he who knows, or he who has news about something, or a person who, by his or her position, has things that pertain to him or her (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

machice. elsabidor, o el que tiene noticia de algo, o persona que de officio le pertenece algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 50v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.