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Definition: Don Juan |
Don JuanNoun1. A legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas. 2. A successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Don Juan A native of Seville, son of Don José and Donna Inez, a blue-stocking. When Juan was sixteen years old he got into trouble with Donna Julia, and was sent by his mother, then a widow, on his travels. His adventures form the story of the poem, which is incomplete. (Byron: Don Juan.) A Don Juan. A libertine of the aristocratic class. The original of this character was Don Juan Tenorio of Seville, who lived in the fourteenth century. The traditions concerning him have been dramatised by Triso de Molina; thence passed into Italy and France. Glück has a musical ballet of Don Juan, and Mozart has immortalised the character in his opera of Don Giovanni (1787). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Don Juan is a legendary fictional libertine, whose story has been told many times by different authors. The name is sometimes used figuratively, as a synonym for "seducer". The story ends dramatically, with Don Juan's descent to Hell.
Most authorities agree that the first recorded tale of Don Juan is El burlador de Sevilla by Tirso de Molina. Dates vary for the first publication of this, from 1620 to 1635, depending on the source.
Other works derived from the story of Don Juan:
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Libertine | Noun: libertine; voluptuary; a; rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man; intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard; chartered libertine. |
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Crosswords: Don Juan |
| English words defined with "Don Juan": Gabriel Tellez ♦ Tirso de Molina. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Don Juan": Amundeville, Aurora Raby ♦ Back and Edge, Brazen Head ♦ Cean, Corinthian Brass ♦ Dimanche, Don Giovanni, Dudu ♦ Fum the Fourth ♦ Haidee ♦ Lambro, Lion's Provider, Long Words ♦ Muscadins of Paris ♦ Raby ♦ Whom the Gods Love Die Young. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Don Juan" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (don juan), Dutch (Don Juan, woman-chaser), French (don juan, philanderer), Hungarian (don juan), Romanian (Lovelace, masher, philanderer), Spanish (don juan), Turkish (don juan). |
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Screenplays | I Don Juan to look at you. (Mad Monster Party?; writing credit: Forrest J Ackerman) It's me, your Don Juan. (Mad Monster Party?; writing credit: Forrest J Ackerman) | |
Lyrics | Now who's this, Don Juan I've been hearing of (Don't Talk To Strangers; performing artist: Rick Springfield) No football hero or smooth Don Juan, (Uptight (Everything's alright); performing artist: Stevie Wonder) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Adventures of Don Juan Burgers (1974) Don Juan (1974) Una Monja y un Don Juan (1973) Don Juan w Tallinje (1971) Fray Don Juan (1970) | |
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 | Photographed in U.S. waters, with the river steamer Angler in the background, circa the 1880s or 1890s. This class of small cruisers included the Infanta Isabel (1885-1926), Isabel II (1886-1902), Cristobal Colon (1887-1895), Conde del Venadito (1888-1902), Don Antonio de Ulloa (1887-1898), and Don Juan de Austria (1887-1898). The latter two ships were lost in the Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898, along with the Velasco (1881-1898), a ship of similar design. Credit: NAVY. |  | Don Juan de Austria, Naval Reserves, state of Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Detroit Naval Reserves, Don Juan de Austria, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | La calavera de Don Juan Tenorio. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Albanian | donzhuan (lady killer, lothario, Lovelace), ai që u sillet rrotull grave. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فاسق (bawdy, debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fornicator, immoral, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, light, lubricious, miscreant, obscene, philanderer, profligate, punk, raffish, rakish, scab, scarlet, slippery, unchaste, uninhibited, wanton), مغوي النساء, دون جوان. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | любовчия (philanderer), дон жуан. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | don juan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Don Juan (woman-chaser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | donĵuano (woman-chaser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | don juan, débauché, chef de la mafia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ון ''ואן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | don juan, nõcsábász (lady killer, Lovelace, seducer, sheik, womanizer), kujon (ribald). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ドレス店 (a patient's call button in a hospital, Don, donkey, don't mind, don't-know group, draw, draw ball, drawer, drawing, drawn game, drawnwork, dress store, dresser, dressing, dressing paper, dressing room, dressmaker, dressy, drone, drop, drop goal, drop handle, drop-kick, dropout, dungarees, dwarf, game under lights, knife, knife ridge, knight, naive, nervous, Niagara, nice, nice guy, nice middle, nice shot, Nigeria, night, night cream, night game, night hospital, night latch, night show, night spot, night table, nightcap, nightclub, nightdress, nightgown, nightingale, nightmare, nightwear, Nike Hercules, Nile, Nile green, nurse, nurse bank, nurse call, nurse station, nursery, nursery tale, nylon latch, sunday, the firing of guns), 女誑し (guy who knows how to play the ladies, lady-killer, philanderer, skillful playboy), 女垂らし (guy who knows how to play the ladies, lady-killer, philanderer, skillful playboy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | お"なたらし (guy who knows how to play the ladies, lady-killer, philanderer, skillful playboy), ドンファン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onday uanjay волокита (dangler, lothario, official red tape, philanderer, red tape), бабник (ladies man, womanizer), донжуан (masher, philanderer). (various references) don žuan. (various references) don juan, don diego (morning glory). (various references) donjuan (wolf). (various references) don juan, çekici ve çapkın erkek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Jasus frontalis. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-j-n-n-o-u" | |
-1 letter: adnoun. | |
-2 letters: donna. | |
-3 letters: anon, dona, judo, nona, noun, undo. | |
-4 letters: ado, and, don, dun, duo, jun, nan, nod, nun, oud, udo. | |
-5 letters: ad, an, do, jo, na, no, nu, od, on, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-j-n-n-o-u" | |
+3 letters: adjourning, adjunction. | |
+4 letters: adjournment, adjunctions, nonjudicial. | |
+5 letters: adjournments, unconjugated. | |
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