Sancho Panza

American  

[san-choh pan-zuh, sahn-chaw pahn-thah] / ˈsæn tʃoʊ ˈpæn zə, ˈsɑn tʃɔ ˈpɑn θɑ /

noun

1. the credulous and amusing squire of Don Quixote.

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Sancho Panza Cultural  

1. In Don Quixote, the down-to-Earth peasant who accompanies the idealistic, deluded Don on his adventures. Sancho is a delightful coward, more interested in material comfort and safety than in performing courageous acts.

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Sancho Panza

I mop their famous gravy with a hunk of sourdough and hear Sancho Panza in my head and I grin.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

I was like a young Walter Mitty; a Don Quixote with no Sancho Panza.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2021

The reference was to the Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes, where Sancho Panza is a simple peasant who loyally follows land noble Don Quixote.

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2019

This research was ultimately used to provide a colourfully debauched backdrop to The Extra Man, in which Ames’s relationship with his roommate was recast as a modern day Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2018

"Are you, by chance, that Sancho Panza to whom his master promised an island to govern?"

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios