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Don Quix•o•te

Pronunciation: (don" kē-hō'tē, don kwik'sut; Sp. dôn kē-hô'te), [key]
1. the hero of a novel by Cervantes who was inspired by lofty and chivalrous but impractical ideals.
2. (italics) (Don Quixote de la Mancha) the novel itself (1605 and 1615).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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