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DON QUIXOTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Don Quixote" is a kind of...):
dreamer; idealist (someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations)
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