hidalgos
- plural of hidalgo.
Example Sentences
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Spanish taximen are men of honor, proud as hidalgos, and members of a Socialist union.
From Time Magazine Archive
The roars of shirtless .peons and the cheers of hidalgos forgetful of their dignity drowned his Majesty's words in praise of General Primo de Rivera, "the Conqueror of Ajdir."
From Time Magazine Archive
They would be his landed gentry, his barons, his hidalgos.
From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)
Again, the men involved in that conspiracy are not hidalgos, ancien régime, nor any of the proud aristocracies of the old world, who, when beaten, retire upon their dignity and hide their time.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various
Now there were many aristocratic young men, hot-blooded and feather-headed hidalgos whom the surrender of Granada had left without an occupation.
From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John
