Meanings
proper noun
- The protagonist of this novel.
nounDon Quixote (plural Don Quixotes)
plural Don Quixotes
- alsoattributiveAny person or character who displays quixotism.
But he was a born leader. As danger thickened his jaunty manner would increase, his speech become more racy, his cold eyes glitter into ardent life, and his Don Quixote moustache bristle with joyous excitement.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC1 more example
[…] while joint libraries are wonderful endeavors, which may or may not be a part of our future, they also represent the best of human cooperation for the greater good. This book is dedicated to these Don Quixotes of the library world.
2012, Claire B. Gunnels, Susan E. Green, Patricia M. Butler, Joint Libraries: Models That Work, page 161
Origin
- SpanishDon Quixote
- EnglishDon Quixote
Borrowed from Spanish Don Quixote, the older spelling of modern Spanish Don Quijote.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دُون كِيشُوت, دُون كِيخُوتِي
- دُون كِيشُوت (dūn kīšūt)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- دُون كِيخُوتِي (dūn kīḵūtī)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Basque On Kixote
- On Kixotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Bengali ডন কিহোতে
- ডন কিহোতে (ḍon kihōte)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Bulgarian Дон Кихо́т
- Дон Кихо́т (Don Kihót)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Catalan Don Quixot
- Don Quixotthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Chinese Cantonese 唐吉訶德 /唐吉诃德, 吉訶德大人 /吉诃德大人
- 唐吉訶德 /唐吉诃德 (tong⁴ gat¹ ho¹ dak¹)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- 吉訶德大人 /吉诃德大人 (gat¹ ho¹ dak¹ daai⁶ jan⁴)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Chinese Mandarin 堂吉訶德 /堂吉诃德, 吉訶德大人 /吉诃德大人
- 堂吉訶德 /堂吉诃德 (Táng Jíhēdé)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- 吉訶德大人 /吉诃德大人 (Jíhēdé-dàrén)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Czech Don Quijote
- Don Quijotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Dutch Don Quichot
- Don Quichotthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Esperanto Donkiĥoto
- Donkiĥotothe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Finnish Don Quijote
- Don Quijotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
French Don Quichotte
- Don Quichottethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
German Don Quichotte, Don Quixote
- Don Quichottethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- Don Quixotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- Don Quijotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Greek Δον Κιχώτης
- Δον Κιχώτης (Don Kichótis)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Hebrew דוֹן קִישׁוֹט, דוֹן קִיחוֹטֶה
- דוֹן קִישׁוֹט (Don Kishót)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- דוֹן קִיחוֹטֶה (Don Kikhóteh)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Hungarian Don Quijote
- Don Quijotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Icelandic Don Kíkóti
- Don Kíkótithe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Indonesian Don Kisot, Don Kihote
- Don Kisotthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- Don Kihotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Italian Don Chisciotte
- Don Chisciottethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Japanese ドン・キホーテ
- ドン・キホーテ (Don Kihōte)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Korean 돈 키호테
- 돈 키호테 (Don Kihote)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Latin Dominus Quixotus
- Dominus Quixotusthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Latvian Dons Kihots
- Dons Kihotsthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Lithuanian Don Kichotas
- Don Kichotasthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Persian دن کیشوت
- دن کیشوت (don kišot)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Polish Don Kichot, Donkiszot
- Don Kichotthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- Donkiszotthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Portuguese Dom Quixote
- Dom Quixotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Punjabi ਦੌਨ ਕੀਹੋਤੇ
- ਦੌਨ ਕੀਹੋਤੇ (daun kīhote)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Romanian Don Quijote
- Don Quijotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Russian Дон Кихо́т
- Дон Кихо́т (Don Kixót)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Spanish el Quijote, Don Quijote
- el Quijotea famous Spanish novel
- Don Quijotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- Don Quixotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Swedish Don Quijote
- Don Quijotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Tamil டான் குய்க்ஸோட்
- டான் குய்க்ஸோட் (ṭāṉ kuyksōṭ)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Thai ดอนกิโฆเต้
- ดอนกิโฆเต้ (Don Gì-koh-dtây)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Turkish Don Kişot
- Don Kişotthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Ukrainian Дон Кіхо́т
- Дон Кіхо́т (Don Kixót)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Urdu ڈان کے خوتے
- ڈان کے خوتے (ḍān ke-hote)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Vietnamese Đôn Ki-hô-tê, Đông Ki-sốt
- Đôn Ki-hô-têthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- Đông Ki-sốtthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Welsh Don Quixote, Don Cwicsot
- Don Quixotethe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
- Don Cwicsotthe protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Yiddish דאָן קיכאָטע
- דאָן קיכאָטע (don kikhote)the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Don Quixote
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Don Quixote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Don%20Quixote
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Chicago
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