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hidalgoism

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hi⋅dal⋅go

[hi-dal-goh; Sp. ee-thahl-gaw]
–noun, plural -gos [-gohz; Sp. -gaws] .
1. a man of the lower nobility in Spain.
2. (in Spanish America) a man who owns considerable property or is otherwise esteemed.

Origin:
1585–95; < Sp, contr. of hijo dalgo, OSp fijo dalgo a noble, a person with property, a son with something < L filius son + from + aliquō something


hi⋅dal⋅go⋅ism, hi⋅dal⋅gism [hi-dal-jiz-uhm] , noun
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