Don Juan

American  

[don wahn, dawn hwahn, don joo-uhn] / dɒn ˈwɑn, dɔn ˈʰwɑn, dɒn ˈdʒu ən /

noun

1. a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.

2. a libertine or rake.

3. a ladies' man; womanizer.

4. (italics) an unfinished epic satire (1819–24) by Byron.

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Don Juan British  

/ ˈdɒn ˈdʒuːən, don xwan /

noun

1. a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer: hero of many poems, plays, and operas, including treatments by de Molina, Molière, Goldoni, Mozart, Byron, and Shaw

2. a successful seducer of women

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Don Juan ¹ Cultural  

1. 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.

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Don Juan ² Cultural  

1. 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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Example Sentences

The opera has a different take on Don Juan than does Mozart’s opera.

From Los Angeles Times

She brought us Bolo, she brought us the dungeon, bedroom Kandi, Don Juan, the Old Lady Gang.

From Los Angeles Times

On Friday, Maluma will release his highly anticipated album, “Don Juan.”

From Seattle Times

In his poem “Don Juan,” Byron would memorialize the low moment when starving crewmen killed and ate his grandfather’s dog: What could they do?

From Los Angeles Times

When he wasn’t acting on film, Penny took parts in theater productions in Birmingham, where he performed onstage in plays including “The Odd Couple” and “Don Juan in Hell.”

From Seattle Times