hidalgo

¹ American  

[hi-dal-goh, ee-thahl-gaw] / hɪˈdæl goʊ, iˈðɑl gɔ /

noun

plural

hidalgos

1. a man of the lower nobility in Spain.

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

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Hidalgo ² American  

[hi-dal-goh, ee-thahl-gaw] / hɪˈdæl goʊ, iˈðɑl gɔ /

noun

1. Juan c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.

2. a state in central Mexico. 8,057 sq. mi. (20,870 sq. km). Pachuca.

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Hidalgo ¹ British  

/ hɪˈdælɡəʊ, iˈðalɣo /

noun

1. 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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hidalgo ² British  

/ hɪˈdælɡəʊ, iˈðalɣo /

noun

1. a member of the lower nobility in Spain

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Other Word Forms

• hidalgism noun
• hidalgoism noun

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Still, he regularly returned to his masked hidalgo.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2019

Today life makes such demands on man that the noble hidalgo Don Juan is to be seen nowhere save in the theater.

From Time Magazine Archive

In that piece an old Spanish hidalgo in New Mexico in 1847 detects in his son democratic tendencies.

From Time Magazine Archive

The appearance, at least, of the noble hidalgo was familiar to all the guests of Antonia, and every one, more or less, took some interest in his fate.

From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.

"I say, hidalgo mio," called out Ernest, "what sort of a don is this same Conde?"

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various