Don Juan

(wŏn′, hwŏn′, jo͞o′ən)

A man who seduces or attempts to seduce women as a matter of habit.

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

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Don Juan

(ˈdɒn ˈdʒuːən; Spanish don xwan)

1. (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

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Don Juan

(dɒn ˈwɑn or, Sp., dɔn ˈʰwɑn for 1, 2; esp. Brit. dɒn ˈdʒu ən)
n.

1. a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and his dissolute life.

2. a libertine; rake.

3. a ladies' man or womanizer; Romeo.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Don 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

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Don Juan

noun

1. A man who seduces women:

debaucher, Lothario, seducer.

2. A man amorously attentive to women:

amorist, Casanova, gallant, lady's man, Lothario, Romeo.

3. A man who philanders:

Casanova, lady's man, philanderer, womanizer.

Slang: lady-killer, wolf.

Idioms: man on the make, skirt chaser.

Translations

dongiovanni

Don Juan

[dɒnˈhwɑːn] N (fig) → Don Juan m

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Don Juan

[ˌdɒnˈdʒuːən] n → don Juan m

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Don Juan

n (lit, fig) → Don Juan m

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Vincent's, you know; and since he's been home, they say he's a regular Don Giovanni, by Jove."

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A small piano occupied a corner of the room, with the score of "Don Giovanni" open upon the bracket.

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