The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fidalgo \Fi*dal"go\, n. [Pg. See Hidalgo.] The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of Hidalgo in Spain.
Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of hidalgo in Spain.
Wikipedia
Fidalgo (, ), from Galician and Portuguese filho de algo— equivalent to nobleman, but sometimes literally translated into English as "son of somebody" or "son of some (important family)"—is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility that refers to a member of the titled or untitled nobility. A fidalgo is comparable in some ways to the French gentilhomme (the word also implies nobility by birth or by charge) and to the Italian nobile. The title was abolished after the overthrow of the Monarchy in 1910. It is also a family surname.
A fidalgo was a traditional title in the Portuguese nobility or gentry, related to the Spanish cognate hidalgo.
Fidalgo may also refer to:
- Fidalgo, Washington, an unincorporated community
- Fidalgo Island, an island in Skagit County, Washington, USA
- Salvador Fidalgo, a Spanish explorer of the Pacific Northwest
Usage examples of "fidalgo".
Through the foggy, low-lying pastureland, around the northern end of Fidalgo Island to Anacortes, Kate followed the signs, finally steering down into a huge parking lot next to the water, where they were directed into a loading lane.
As she moved away and was turning the corner into Fidalgo Bay, the boat out of the shadows picked up speed and began following.
A descendant of fidalgoes whose ancestors ruled one of the original capitanias!