hidalgo

[hi-dal-goh; Spanish ee-th ahl-gaw]

noun, plural hi·dal·gos [hi-dal-gohz; Spanish ee-th ahl-gaws] /hɪˈdæl goʊz; Spanish iˈðɑl gɔs/.

a man of the lower nobility in Spain.

(in Spanish America) a man who owns considerable property or is otherwise esteemed.

Origin of hidalgo

1585–95; < Spanish, contraction of hijo dalgo, Old Spanish fijo dalgo a noble, a person with property, a son with something < Latin filius son + dē from + aliquō something

Related formshi·dal·go·ism, hi·dal·gism

[hi-dal-jiz-uh m] /hɪˈdæl dʒɪz əm/, noun

Hidalgo

[hi-dal-goh; Spanish ee-th ahl-gaw]

noun

Juan

[hwahn] /ʰwɑn/, c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.

a state in central Mexico. 8057 sq. mi. (20,870 sq. km). Capital: Pachuca.

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Examples from the Web for hidalgo

Hidalgo has already admitted her style is not “bling bling,” so why are people trying to turn it into something different?
Anne Hidalgo, Paris’s First Female Mayor, Isn’t a Fashionista…and That’s Quite All Right|Erin Cunningham|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The fashion media has painted Hidalgo as Paris's stylish first lady.
Anne Hidalgo, Paris’s First Female Mayor, Isn’t a Fashionista…and That’s Quite All Right|Erin Cunningham|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Does Pithers think that by comparing Hidalgo to a Vogue Paris editor that she will, in turn, eventually transform into such?
Anne Hidalgo, Paris’s First Female Mayor, Isn’t a Fashionista…and That’s Quite All Right|Erin Cunningham|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The French press dubbed Hidalgo “the discreet one,” or chided her lack of charisma.
French Vote Thrusts Two Women Into the Spotlight|Tracy McNicoll|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Everyone who travels with good valises is an hidalgo and a marquis until the contrary be proven.
The Dead Command|Vicente Blasco Ibez
In the Plaza de Armas there stands a fine monument to the memory of Hidalgo.
Aztec Land|Maturin M. Ballou
It exasperated and incensed Carson—this high-handed attempt of the hidalgo to gag and stop his mouth, to cow and overawe his soul.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey
The Comandante pledges himself, as a hidalgo, that you shall not be harmed.
The Crusade of the Excelsior|Bret Harte
The hidalgo doctor gave the bullfighter a hypodermic injection of morphia.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey

British Dictionary definitions for hidalgo

hidalgo

noun plural -gos (-ɡəʊz, Spanish -ɣos)

a member of the lower nobility in Spain

Word Origin for hidalgo

C16: from Spanish, from Old Spanish fijo dalgo nobleman, from Latin filius son + dē of + aliquid something

Hidalgo

noun

a state of central Mexico: consists of a high plateau, with the Sierra Madre Oriental in the north and east; ancient remains of Teltec culture (at Tula); rich mineral resources. Capital: Pachuca. Pop: 2 231 392 (2000). Area: 20 987 sq km (8103 sq miles)

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Word Origin and History for hidalgo

"Spanish nobleman of secondary rank," 1590s, from Spanish hidalgo, from Old Spanish fidalgo, shortened from filho de algo "son (Latin filus) of someone (Latin aliquis)," perhaps an imitation of Arabic ibn-nas "son of people," a complimentary title. For alteration of f- and h- in Spanish, see hacienda.