hidalgo1
/hɪˈdalɡəʊ
/noun (plural hidalgos)
A gentleman in a Spanish-speaking country: the local hidalgo was no more an absentee than his peasants...
- Because Arab invaders did not vanquish the Basques, the Spanish Crown considered them hidalgos, or noblemen.
- The Spanish government faced a policy problem: how to insure a ‘decent’ standard of living to the Spanish hidalgos who were not supposed to work with their hands.
- Don Quixote is really an impoverished hidalgo named Alonso Quijano - or is it Quijada?
Origin
Late 16th century: Spanish, from hijo de algo, literally 'son of something' (i.e. of an important person).
Hidalgo2
/hɪˈdalɡəʊ/A state of southern Mexico; capital, Pachuca de Soto.