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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sancho
- (card games) The nine of trumps in the game of Sancho Pedro.
- An assistant or sidekick, from Cervantes’ Sancho Panza.
1895, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 6, in Crocker’s Hole, Dodd, Mead and Company, paragraph 6:“It was my privilege to accompany this hero, as his humble Sancho.”
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque Santxo. Alternatively, possibly from the Late Latin Sānctius, from Latin sānctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsant͡ʃo/
- Rhymes: -antʃo
- Syllabification: San‧cho
Proper noun
Sancho m
- a male given name
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