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nobleman through war deeds or other personal merit, not through descent
momiquillico yn aztatlā ynin çan quauhpilli mexicatl = he died in Aztatlan. He was only a Mexica eagle-noble. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
çan quauhpilli tequihua catca motzontlalpilliaya = He was only an eagle-noble, a seasoned warrior; he bound his hair. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
tlacochcalcatzintli tezcatzin, tlacateccatzintli, Totoçacatzin: omestin quauhpipilti mexica pipilti = the general Tezcatzin, the commanding general Totoçacatzin, both of whom were warrior noblemen, Mexican noblemen. (16th century, Mexico City)