Don Quixote

noun

Don Qui·xote | \ ˌdän-kē-ˈ(h)ō-tē

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, ˌdäŋ-; chiefly British dän-ˈkwik-sət\

Definition of Don Quixote

: an impractical idealist

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a latter-day Don Quixote, she's spent her life fighting the state's big logging companies

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