Don Juan
Preserved but no longer current.
Don Juan Tenorio, the hero of a large number of plays and poems, as well as of Mozart's opera, Don Giovanni, round whom numerous legends have collected, was the son of a leading family of Seville in the 14th century, and killed the commandant of Ulloa after seducing his daughter.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Don Juan” mean?
Don Juan Tenorio, the hero of a large number of plays and poems, as well as of Mozart's opera, Don Giovanni, round whom numerous legends have collected, was the son of a leading family of Seville in the 14th century, and killed the commandant of Ulloa after seducing his daughter.
Is “Don Juan” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.