don quixote

1. 1.

   the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical

   Broaderfictional character
2. 2.

   any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)

   Broaderidealist

Questions about don quixote

What does don quixote mean?

don quixote means "the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is don quixote a common word?

don quixote 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.