Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9103

"And from these Cellates and native Malays come all the Mandarins, who are now the gentlemen (fidalgos) of Malacca."—Ibid. II. vi. 1.