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Rosinante

American  
[roz-uh-nan-tee, roh-zuh-nahn-tee] / ˌrɒz əˈnæn ti, ˌroʊ zəˈnɑn ti /

noun

  1. the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.

  2. (lowercase) an old, decrepit horse.


Rosinante British  
/ ˌrɒzɪˈnæntɪ /

noun

  1. a worn-out emaciated old horse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Rosinante

C18: from Spanish, the name of Don Quixote's horse, from rocin old horse

Example Sentences

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In 1922 John Dos Passos published a book on Spain, Rosinante to the Road Again, followed it five years later with one on his travels in the Near East, Orient Express.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the primary sweepstakes but three months away, McGovern appears more a Rosinante than a viable dark horse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Travis McGee, the "tinhorn knight on a stumbling Rosinante from Rent-A-Steed."

From Time Magazine Archive

If ever a U.S. horse attains the immortality of Bellerophon's Pegasus or Don Quixote's Rosinante, surely it will be Samuel D. Riddle's Man o' War.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now we shall look after the requirements of Rosinante, my little Sancho Panza.

From Mixed Faces by Norton, Roy