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Noun: El Cid
  1. The title given to Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, an 11th-century Castilian military leader and national hero who is the subject of Spain's national epic poem
    "El Cid became a symbol of Spanish chivalry and military prowess"

Type of: character, fictional character, fictitious character

Encyclopedia: El Cid