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Don Juan

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Don Juan (wn, hwn, jn)
n.
1. A libertine; a profligate.
2. A man who is an obsessive seducer of women.

[After Don Juan, legendary 14th-century Spanish nobleman and libertine.]

Don Juan [ˈdɒn ˈdʒuːən (Spanish) don xwan]
n
1. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer: hero of many poems, plays, and operas, including treatments by de Molina, Molière, Goldoni, Mozart, Byron, and Shaw
2. a successful seducer of women
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Don JuanDon Juan - a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas
2.Don Juan - any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman)
Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
philanderer, womaniser, womanizer - a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them

Don Juan
noun womanizer, wolf (informal), seducer, rake, Romeo, gallant, Casanova, Prince Charming, philanderer, Lothario, libertine, lady-killer (informal), poodle-faker (slang), ladies' man the sexual boasting of a Don Juan
Translations
Don Juan [dɒnˈhwɑːn] N (fig) → Don Juan m
Don Juan [ˌdɒnˈdʒuːən] ndon Juan m
Don Juan
n (lit, fig)Don Juan m


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But the worst of it, gentlemen- I am giving Kuragin away to you- is that that man suffers, and this Don Juan, wicked fellow, is taking advantage of it
`Will you play me something out of your Don Juan Triumphant?
At night we came to the house of Don Juan Fuentes, a rich landed proprietor, but not personally known to either of my companions.
 
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