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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.
Spanish soldier and national hero whose military exploits, including the capture of Valencia (1094), are recounted in several literary works, most notably the epic The Song of the Cid. [From Spanish el Cid, the Cid, from Old Spanish cid, lord, from medieval Andalusian Arabic síd, from Arabic sayyid, sayyid; see SAYYID.] |
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