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Don Quixote

Don Quixote [ dón kwíksət, dón kee hṓti ] (plural Don Quixotes)


noun 
Definition:
 
impractical idealist: an impractical idealist who champions hopeless causes

[Mid-17th century. After the hero of the satirical romance Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605, 1615) by Cervantes]
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