hidalgo
noun
a man of the lower nobility in Spain.
hidalgos
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pluralof hidalgo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
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 John Fiske
You sigh for hidalgos, sombreros, carbonados, and carboncillos, why not combine business with pleasure?
From Much Darker Days by Andrew Lang
They found there already grown old in the hands of the Spaniards younger sons of hidalgos and many of them of the proudest blood of Spain.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum
