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Don quixote

//ˌdɑn kiˈhoʊti// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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).
  2. 2
    The protagonist of this novel.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any person or character who displays quixotism. also, attributive

    "But he was a born leader. As danger thickened his jaunty manner would increase, his speech become more racy, his cold eyes glitter into ardent life, and his Don Quixote moustache bristle with joyous excitement."

  2. 2
    any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Don Quixote, the older spelling of modern Spanish Don Quijote.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Don Quixote, the older spelling of modern Spanish Don Quijote.

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