Don Juan
noun
ˈdän-ˈ(h)wän 
chiefly British and in poetry dän-ˈjü-ən
1
: a legendary Spaniard proverbial for his seduction of women
2
: a captivating man known as a great lover or seducer of women
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at the hotel bar she was immediately hit on by the local Don Juan
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Don't miss this big Peruvian sandwich Don Juan V’s Peruvian Sandwiches served up the lomo saltado, which includes marinated sirloin strips, onions and tomatoes.
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Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
Recruiting serious jazz players instead of the usual.A. studio cats, Mitchell spent several years discarding the daily-journal lyric writing and folkish melodies of her early work and wandering into more musically lyrically abstract territory on albums like Mingus and Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter.
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Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
Recruiting serious jazz players instead of the usual.A. studio cats, Mitchell spent several years discarding the daily-journal lyric writing and folkish melodies of her early work and wandering into more musically lyrically abstract territory on albums like Mingus and Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Entertainment was headlined by DJ Don Juan and emceed by Charles Jr. Chidi Ohaeri.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
More Don Juan Moore/Getty Images More news: Patriots Get Massive Injury Update on All-Pro Christian Gonzalez
Losing Brown for any period would be devastating, as the star receiver also missed the majority of the 2024 season.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
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“Don Juan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Don%20Juan. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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