Sancho

See also: sanchō

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsænt͡ʃoʊ/

Proper noun

Sancho

1. (card games) The nine of trumps in the game of Sancho Pedro.
2. 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.”

Related terms

Derived terms

• Pedro Sancho

 

Anagrams

• Chason, Cohans, anchos, nachos

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Santxo. Alternatively, possibly from the Late Latin Sānctius, from Latin sānctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsant͡ʃo/ [ˈsãnʲ.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -antʃo
• Syllabification: San‧cho

Proper noun

Sancho m

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Sancha
• Sánchez

 

Further reading

• “Sancho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28