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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Example Sentences

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

But they weren’t like Quixote and Sancho Panza.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2019

Sancho Panza is left to an orchestra violist, in this case Miriam Manasherov, an Israeli.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2018

Thirsty mules can’t drink from their trough because Don Quixote insists it’s a baptismal font; Sancho Panza is roughed up after Quixote doesn’t pay his hotel bill; and on and on.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2017

I remembered the words of Sancho Panza: An adventuring knight is someone who’s beaten and then finds himself emperor.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover