fidalgo

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noun

A Portuguese nobleman.

OriginPortuguese fidalgo →
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Meanings

fidalgo1

nounfidalgo (plural fidalgos or fidalgoes)

plural fidalgos · plural fidalgoes

  1. historicalA Portuguese nobleman.

    The blacks and the bastards were so many and the honorable white fidalgos so few.

    2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 25

Fidalgo2

proper nounFidalgo (plural Fidalgos)

plural Fidalgos

  1. A surname.

Origin

fidalgo · noun

  1. Portuguesefidalgo
  2. Englishfidalgo

From Portuguese fidalgo. Doublet of hidalgo.

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Fidalgo · proper noun

  1. GalicianFidalgo
  2. EnglishFidalgo

Borrowed from Portuguese and Galician Fidalgo.

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Cite this entry
APA

fidalgo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fidalgo

MLA

“fidalgo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fidalgo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fidalgo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fidalgo.

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