Don Juan

/ˈdɑn ˌwɑn/
/ˈdɑn ˌhwɑn/
/dɒn wan/
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Definitions of Don Juan
  1. noun
    a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas
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    example of:
    Lord, noble, nobleman
    a titled peer of the realm
  2. noun
    any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman)
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    type of:
    philanderer, womaniser, womanizer
    a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
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