Hidalgo, a word explained as being originally hijo de algo, 'son of something,' is the title of a member of the lowest class of Spanish nobility.
Hidalgo
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 705
Source scan(s): p. 0720
Hidalgo, a word explained as being originally hijo de algo, 'son of something,' is the title of a member of the lowest class of Spanish nobility.