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
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.
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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
Among the pieces the Americans performed were duets from Swan Lake and Don Quixote, George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, and Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
The Captive Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar explores Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes’ life changing experiences when he was captured by Turkish pirates in 1575 and held for ransom.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
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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
Among the pieces the Americans performed were duets from Swan Lake and Don Quixote, George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, and Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
The Captive Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar explores Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes’ life changing experiences when he was captured by Turkish pirates in 1575 and held for ransom.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Don Quixote
Noun
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The advent of aviation in this world was something for crackpots and dreamers at the edge of society to do.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Others were anonymous anarchists, dreamers, poets, preachers and lunatics.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Her understanding and appreciation of the genre is a dream come true for romantics who know that Mr. Darcy isn’t the ultimate prize when an independent woman seeks happiness and companionship.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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Director Simón Mesa Soto shares in that fervor, mining his main character for pathos, not ridicule, framing Oscar as a true-blue romantic — a kind of holy fool susceptible to even the most obvious of scams but only because this staunch aesthete has devoted all of his attention to verse.—
Ben Croll,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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“Don Quixote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Don%20Quixote. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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