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Don Quixote

noun

ˌdän-kē-ˈ(h)ō-tē

Definition of Don Quixote

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 In addition to his screen roles, Cypher, according to his obituary, appeared in 12 Broadway productions, playing such characters as Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and Juan Perón in Evita. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’s 17th-century epic about a deluded knight, is frequently called the first modern novel. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 Smale joined Tring Park Performing Arts Classical Ballet Academy in 2021 and became a Royal Ballet Junior Associate in 2022, performing in productions of Cinderella, Don Quixote and The Winter’s Tale. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 June 2026 Success finally came with Don Quixote, a novel about a knight-errant whose adventures are inspired by the author’s earlier days. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for Don Quixote

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Noun

Kaycee, Trần Doãn Hoàng and Hữu Châu head the cast of the film about a pair of young dreamers who chase music from Hội An and Saigon to Busan and New York.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
Set in a remote Egyptian village, the film follows George, a quirky Coptic dreamer who’s desperate to be a famous actor but is stuck playing an extra in low-budget films.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

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The upcoming Super Bowl will be on Valentine’s Day, meaning this is the one time that the romantics in your life will stop watching men crashing into each other.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026
Her characters—from flawed romantics to timeless heroines—continue to reveal fresh insights into relationship dynamics, more than 200 years after her works were published.

— Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 14 Oct. 2026

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