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Don Quixote
(redirected from En ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha)

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Don Qui·xo·te  (k-ht, kwkst)
n.
An impractical idealist bent on righting incorrigible wrongs.
[After Don Quixote, hero of a satirical chivalric romance by Miguel de Cervantes.]
Don Quixote [ˈdɒn kiːˈhəʊtiː ˈkwɪksət (Spanish) don kiˈxote]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an impractical idealist
[after the hero of Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Don Quixote - the hero of a romance by CervantesDon Quixote - the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical
2.Don Quixote - any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)
idealist, dreamer - someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
Translations
Don Quixote [dɒnˈkwɪksət] N → Don Quijote
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