Quixote

[kee-hoh-tee, kwik-suh t; Spanish kee-haw-te]

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noun

Don. Don Quixote.

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Examples from the Web for quixote

Contemporary Examples

Filming began in 2000 with Jean Rochefort as Quixote and Johnny Depp as Grisoni.
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Marlow Stern
March 28, 2014

Historical Examples

But as Mr. Gladstone was then, so he has been all his life—the very Quixote of conscience.
The Grand Old Man
Richard B. Cook
You seem to wonder and ask yourselves who is this modern Quixote.
The Humbugs of the World
P. T. Barnum
Any gentleman, that is, any spiritual man, has it in him to be a Quixote.
A Pessimist
Robert Timsol
They will laugh at him; they will say he is a Quixote; they will turn it all into fun, or think it his folly.
The Curate in Charge
Margaret Oliphant
In 1603 he wrote the first part of the Quixote, and published it in 1605.
A History of Spain
Charles E. Chapman

British Dictionary definitions for quixote

Quixote

noun

See Don Quixote

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Quixote

Examples from the Web for quixote

Contemporary Examples

Filming began in 2000 with Jean Rochefort as Quixote and Johnny Depp as Grisoni.

Historical Examples

But as Mr. Gladstone was then, so he has been all his life—the very Quixote of conscience.

You seem to wonder and ask yourselves who is this modern Quixote.

Any gentleman, that is, any spiritual man, has it in him to be a Quixote.

They will laugh at him; they will say he is a Quixote; they will turn it all into fun, or think it his folly.

In 1603 he wrote the first part of the Quixote, and published it in 1605.

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