Well attestedNamed from the place
Madridista
noun · first attested 20th century
The fan word preserves the club's older name, from before the king got involved.
A supporter of Real Madrid football club.
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Madrid
- In English
Madridista
Spanish attaches the suffix ista to a club or city name to make a supporter word, giving madridista and barcelonista. The club was founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club and added Real in 1920, when Alfonso XIII granted royal patronage, so the fan word keeps the purely geographic form. English borrowed it along with Spanish football coverage.
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