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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:

Nouns denoting people

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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