Quixote
[kee-hoh-tee, kwik-suh t; Spanish kee-haw-te]
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noun
Don. Don Quixote.
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Contemporary Examples of quixote
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Historical Examples of quixote
But as Mr. Gladstone was then, so he has been all his life—the very Quixote of conscience.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
You seem to wonder and ask yourselves who is this modern Quixote.
The Humbugs of the WorldP. T. Barnum
Any gentleman, that is, any spiritual man, has it in him to be a Quixote.
A PessimistRobert 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 ChargeMargaret Oliphant
In 1603 he wrote the first part of the Quixote, and published it in 1605.
A History of SpainCharles E. Chapman
Quixote
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