woolgatherer

noun

as in fantasizer

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  1. Don Quixote
  2. daydreamer
  3. sentimentalist
Noun
  • The Man Who Killed Don Quixote — films that traded for decades on the mystique of never quite existing.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Bruno Mars and Don Quixote collaboration is a good example.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of Don Quixote
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  • John Beltran is Detroit techno’s foremost daydreamer.
    — Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The chronic daydreamer can easily identify with Catherine’s near-delusional longing for something to happen beyond the courtships and evenings around the pianoforte that seem to make up the better part of her future.
    — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Definition of daydreamer
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  • That appeals to the sentimentalist in me.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of sentimentalist
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