Don Quixote

noun

Don Qui·​xote ˌdän-kē-ˈ(h)ō-tē How to pronounce Don Quixote (audio)
ˌdäŋ-;
 chiefly British  dän-ˈkwik-sət
: an impractical idealist

Examples of Don Quixote in a Sentence

a latter-day Don Quixote, she's spent her life fighting the state's big logging companies
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The reports of his contemporaries conjure a wild cross between Don Quixote and Don Draper. Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 Sort of like if Don Quixote was 1/10th its length and about YouTube videos instead of chivalric romances. Teddy Wayne june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025 Castilla-La Mancha, a two-hour drive from Madrid, evokes the castles and windmills of Don Quixote. Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025 Dalí lithographs are on display, and each room showcases Gustave Doré’s drawings from a historic copy of Don Quixote. Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for Don Quixote

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, hero of Cervantes' Don Quixote

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Don Quixote was in 1630

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“Don Quixote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Don%20Quixote. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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