as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
a latter-day Don Quixote, she's spent her life fighting the state's big logging companies
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Recent Examples of Don Quixote
Proud of his roots, Mr. Escobar compared the city’s residents to the character Don Quixote, who also hails from the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain.
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Liam Stack, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
In the musical’s book, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes entertains his fellow prison inmates with his tale of Don Quixote, an elderly and confused but optimistic man who imagines himself a knight on a quest to battle giants and protect fair maidens.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2025
Mexican wrestlers crisscross the region, performing at the nightclub Don Quixote, the Ukrainian Cultural Center and other venues from Boyle Heights to Carson to Irvine.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 2 May 2025
The film received the Don Quixote Award for Best Picture at FICIMAD and the Best Actress in a Feature Award for Carmen Carrera.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
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Liam Stack, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
In the musical’s book, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes entertains his fellow prison inmates with his tale of Don Quixote, an elderly and confused but optimistic man who imagines himself a knight on a quest to battle giants and protect fair maidens.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2025
Mexican wrestlers crisscross the region, performing at the nightclub Don Quixote, the Ukrainian Cultural Center and other venues from Boyle Heights to Carson to Irvine.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 2 May 2025
The film received the Don Quixote Award for Best Picture at FICIMAD and the Best Actress in a Feature Award for Carmen Carrera.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Don Quixote
Noun
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Every wreck, every ruin is the relic of a shriveled dream, lasting long after the body of its dreamer has been received back into the earth with love or remorse or indifference.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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The American project is a patchwork of dreamers and doers, saints and sinners, stitched together by the thread of promise that stretches across generations.—
F. Willis Johnson,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
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For an unrivaled romantic (or solitary) escape, Mandapa’s 23 one-bedroom pool villas exude comfort and ambience galore.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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With so many Queen Anne and Regency buildings, this whole area screams period drama: channel your inner romantic with a visit to a historic home like Keats House (where poet John Keats lived) or Fenton House, with its picturesque walled garden.—
Emma John,
AFAR Media,
24 June 2025
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“Don Quixote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Don%20Quixote. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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