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
During the home’s expansion years, the Mitchells also commissioned Italian artist Bosch to create a series of Don Quixote tile murals for the courtyard—details that still speak to the estate’s early ambition and cultural reach.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2026
Rushdie’s sprawling picaresque is, as the title promises, a riff on Don Quixote.
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Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
The bickering survivors of the Canterbury, led by reluctant captain Jim Holden (Steven Strait), become an unlikely band of freedom fighters/kingmakers after commandeering a Martian warship and rebranding it as the Rocinante (named after Don Quixote's horse).
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Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
14 Dec. 2025
Now, as Don Quixote, Losada is donning the armor that Jerry Gulledge, the actor who played the role in the Actors’ Playhouse production 30 years ago, wore.
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Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
17 Nov. 2025
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2026
Rushdie’s sprawling picaresque is, as the title promises, a riff on Don Quixote.
—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
The bickering survivors of the Canterbury, led by reluctant captain Jim Holden (Steven Strait), become an unlikely band of freedom fighters/kingmakers after commandeering a Martian warship and rebranding it as the Rocinante (named after Don Quixote's horse).
—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
14 Dec. 2025
Now, as Don Quixote, Losada is donning the armor that Jerry Gulledge, the actor who played the role in the Actors’ Playhouse production 30 years ago, wore.
—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
17 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Don Quixote
Noun
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For generations, Chicago has thrived because dreamers could make it here with little to their name and make something of themselves, and the bus is a prime way to do so.
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Before her death in 1993, Mabel McKay — one of the last living dreamers of the Pomo Indian people — shared a prophecy while driving through the Sonoma hills.
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Now these two romantics, who remain at large, are being looked for by the Leicestershire Police.
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In the bleak midwinter of 2022, the algorithm-allergic sporting director, an old romantic of football, took over Salernitana in dire straits.
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“Don Quixote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Don%20Quixote. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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