adalid
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic الدَّلِيل (ad-dalīl, “guide”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]adalid m (plural adalides)
- (historical) military commander
Noun
[edit]adalid m or f by sense (plural adalides)
- champion; leading light (someone who fights for a cause or status)
Further reading
[edit]- “adalid”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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