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Don quixote Common

Don quixote has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical

2

any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)

3

Any person or character who displays quixotism.

Proper Noun
1

A famous 1605–1615 Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), whose full title is El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha).

See Also
novel don quixotesque protagonist quixotry quixotism spanish quixote
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
idealist
Rhyming Words
bote pote dote mote kote gote cote lote tote rote note vote hote yote frote emote hyote scote wrote shote
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