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Don Quixote definition

Don· Qui·xote (dän′kē hōt′ē, -ā; also, dän′ kwik′sət)

  1. a satirical novel by Cervantes, published in two parts (1605, 1615)
  2. the hero of this novel, who tries in a chivalrous but unrealistic way to rescue the oppressed and fight evil

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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