Cid (sid)

[Sp., Ar. seid, seiyid, lord, el seid (Sp. el Cid, 'the Cid'), the lord or chief.] A chief; a commander: a title applied in Spanish literature to Ruy or Roderigo Diaz, count of Bivar, a dauntle champion of the Christian religion and of the old Spanish monarchy against the Moors in the eleventh century. He received this title from the Moors against whom he fought, while from his countrymen he received that of el Campe ador, the champion; and the two were combined in the form el Cid Campeador, the lord champion. The title of Cid . is often said to have come to him from the remarkable circumstance that five Moorish kings or chiefs acknowledged him in one battle as their Seid , or their lord and conqueror. Ticknor, Span. Lit., I. 12. cidares, n. Plural of cidaris. [NL. (Treitschke,