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altepepixqui.

Headword: 
altepepixqui.
Principal English Translation: 

a person who (literally) keeps or guards the altepetl, an official; plural, altepepixque (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

tehuantin altepepixque = we, the mandones (in the Spanish); the list included a "don" who was the present municipal governor, another "don" who was "teniente," and two alcaldes, also "dons" (Toluca, 1722)
Stephanie Wood collection, notes from Nahuatl documents in the file "Bills of Sale," citing Archivo General del Estado de México, RPEM 6, exp. 10, ff. 4r.–5v.

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