Don Juan
a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.
a libertine or rake.
a ladies' man; womanizer.
(italics) an unfinished epic satire (1819–24) by Byron.
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How to use Don Juan in a sentence
It turns out he was such a Don Juan that she paid him $2,500—$1,000 for each hour of his time, plus a $500 tip.
Woody Allen Plays a Creepy Pimp in ‘Fading Gigolo’ and It’s Pretty Tough to Watch | Marlow Stern | March 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe same has been said of Don Juan de Alvarado, ex-fiscal, and that is known throughout the country as a public matter.
The music of Don Juan, he wrote in 1878, was the first to make a deep impression upon me.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThe boat glides on the black waters, carrying Don Juan and his cortge of victims.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierUnder this passion of tears, lamentations, and maledictions Don Juan remains unmoved; he has done what he has wished.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
Don Juan frowned at the news, but, after a moment's reflection, he shook his head carelessly.
The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
British Dictionary definitions for Don Juan
/ (ˈdɒn ˈdʒuːən, Spanish don xwan) /
a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer: hero of many poems, plays, and operas, including treatments by de Molina, Molière, Goldoni, Mozart, Byron, and Shaw
a successful seducer of women
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Cultural definitions for Don Juan (1 of 2)
[ (don wahn, don hwahn, don jooh-uhn) ]
An obsessive and unscrupulous pursuer of women: “He charms all his female colleagues; he is the Don Juan of the office.” From the legendary nobleman who seduced hundreds of women and was eventually damned for his immoral ways.
[ (don wahn, don hwahn, don jooHuhn) ]
A legendary Spanish nobleman and chaser of women; he first appears in Spanish literature in the seventeenth century. Many authors and composers have depicted him: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in the opera Don Giovanni; Lord Byron, in the long poem “Don Juan”; and George Bernard Shaw, in the play Man and Superman.
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