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Don Quixote

noun Don Qui·xote \ ˌdän-kē-ˈ(h)ō-tē , ˌdäŋ- ; chiefly British dän-ˈkwik-sət \

Definition of Don Quixote

: an impractical idealist

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

Origin and Etymology of don quixote

Spanish, hero of Cervantes' Don Quixote

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