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Cervantes

American

[ser-van-teez, ther-vahn-tes, ser-] / sərˈvæn tiz, θɛrˈvɑn tɛs, sɛr- /

noun

Miguel de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 1547–1616, Spanish novelist and short-story writer.

Cervantes British

/ səˈvæntiːz, θɛrˈβantes /

noun

Miguel de (miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname Cervantes Saavedra. 1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for Don Quixote (1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel

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Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes – more commonly known as 'El Mencho' – is one of them.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

According to video of the incident released by the department, the deputies went into the house where Cervantes was seated on the couch.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

“They look like something out of a Cervantes novel…they have this lost soul thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

"No one was prepared for this," Jose Cervantes, owner of a coffee shop in one of the affected areas, told Reuters news agency.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

They faced each other one more time, circling in the familiar battle dance while Cervantes circled them in the other direction, like a satellite, completely missing what was really going on between them.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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