| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| hidalgo |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hi·dal·go |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h -d l g ,  -thäl- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. hi·dal·gos
A member of the minor nobility in Spain. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, alteration of hijo dalgo, from Old Spanish fijo dalgo : fijo, son (from Latin f lius; see dh(i)- in Appendix I) + de, of (from Latin d; see de–) + algo, something, possession (from Latin aliqu, ablative of aliquid ( alius, some; see al-1 in Appendix I + quid, something; see kwo- in Appendix I).
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