don juan

1. 1.

   a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas

   BroaderLord
2. 2.

   any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman)

   Broaderwomanizer

   Spain

Questions about don juan

What does don juan mean?

don juan means "a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is don juan a common word?

don juan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.