Don Quixote
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The hero of the great romance of that name by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616). It was published at Madrid, Part I in 1605, Part II in 1615.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
She's reading Don Quixote for the first time.Cô ấy đang đọc Don Quijote lần đầu tiên.
She's reading Don Quixote for the first time.Cô ấy đang đọc Đôn Ki-hô-tê lần đầu tiên.
Tatoeba sentence #13484332 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
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 Quixote” mean?
The hero of the great romance of that name by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616). It was published at Madrid, Part I in 1605, Part II in 1615.
Is “Don Quixote” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.