nounPlural hidalgos hɪˈdalɡəʊhiˈdälɡō
A gentleman in a Spanish-speaking country.
（说西班牙语国家的）绅士
the local hidalgo was no more an absentee than his peasants
Example sentencesExamples
- Because Arab invaders did not vanquish the Basques, the Spanish Crown considered them hidalgos, or noblemen.
- Don Pedro's arc moves him from proud hidalgo to magnificent obsessive, an all-macho embodiment of the extremes of empowerment, totally devoid of any self-doubt.
- The dissolution of the Jesuits also gave impetus to reformers in Charles III's Spain, where secondary schools, such as the Madrid seminary of the nobility, were created to educate the hidalgos.
- Don Quixote is really an impoverished hidalgo named Alonso Quijano - or is it Quijada?
- 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.
Origin
Late 16th century: Spanish, from hijo de algo, literally 'son of something' (i.e. of an important person).
proper nounhɪˈdalɡəʊhiˈdälˌɡō
A state of southern Mexico; capital, Pachuca de Soto.