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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hidalgo

The title in Spain of the lower nobility. (According to Bishop St. Vincent, the word is compounded of hijo del Goto, son of a Goth; but more probably it is hijo and dalgo. Hija = child or son, and dalgo = respect, as in the phrase, “Facer mucho dalgo,” to receive with great respect. In Portuguese it is Fidalgo.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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