Don Juan
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Don Juan
(wŏn′, hwŏn′, jo͞o′ən)n.
A man who seduces or attempts to seduce women as a matter of habit.
[After Don Juan, legendary 14th-century Spanish nobleman and libertine.]
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Don Juan
(ˈdɒn ˈdʒuːən; Spanish don xwan)n
1. (European Myth & Legend) a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer: hero of many poems, plays, and operas, including treatments by de Molina, Molière, Goldoni, Mozart, Byron, and Shaw
2. a successful seducer of women
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Don Juan
(dɒn ˈwɑn or, Sp., dɔn ˈʰwɑn for 1, 2; esp. Brit. dɒn ˈdʒu ən)n.
1. a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and his dissolute life.
2. a libertine; rake.
3. a ladies' man or womanizer; Romeo.
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| Noun | 1. |  Don Juan - a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas |
| 2. | Don Juan - any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman) Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power philanderer, womaniser, womanizer - a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them |
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Don Juan
noun womanizer, wolf (informal), seducer, rake, Romeo, gallant, Casanova, Prince Charming, philanderer, Lothario, libertine, lady-killer (informal), poodle-faker (slang), ladies' man the sexual boasting of a Don Juan
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Don Juan
noun3. A man who philanders:
Slang: lady-killer, wolf.
Idioms: man on the make, skirt chaser.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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Don Juan
n (lit, fig) → Don Juan m
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