as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
a latter-day Don Quixote, she's spent her life fighting the state's big logging companies
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Recent Examples of Don Quixote
Castilla-La Mancha, a two-hour drive from Madrid, evokes the castles and windmills of Don Quixote.
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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
In the musical’s book, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes entertains his fellow prison inmates with his tale of Don Quixote, an elderly and confused but optimistic man who imagines himself a knight on a quest to battle giants and protect fair maidens.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2025
Proud of his roots, Mr. Escobar compared the city’s residents to the character Don Quixote, who also hails from the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain.
—Liam Stack, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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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
In the musical’s book, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes entertains his fellow prison inmates with his tale of Don Quixote, an elderly and confused but optimistic man who imagines himself a knight on a quest to battle giants and protect fair maidens.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2025
Proud of his roots, Mr. Escobar compared the city’s residents to the character Don Quixote, who also hails from the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain.
—Liam Stack, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Don Quixote
Noun
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Like legions of dreamers before him, McGuirk started on film and TV sets as a PA, an often thankless job where random castigations from members of the cast or crew can be par for the course.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Continue To Dream At the heart of every nonprofit is a desire for transformative change—a testament to the dreamers and visionaries who brave challenges in pursuit of a better world.—
Rachelle Rutherford,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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That reasoning helped anchor the setting for The Paper inside the office of a newspaper with dwindling resources, a beleaguered staff, and a boss whose belief in the institution borders on the romantic.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This book is the perfect read for hopeless romantics and for those who believe that love and healing have the power to transcend lifetimes.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Don Quixote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Don%20Quixote. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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