An imaginary chieftain, but in reality the drover of a flock of
sheep. Don Quixote conceived him to be the Christian King of the
Garamantians, surnamed the Naked Arm, because he always entered
the field with his right arm bare. The driver of a flock from the
opposite direction was dubbed by the Don the Emperor Alifanfaron of the
isle of Taprobana, a pagan (Cervantes. Don Quixote, pt. i. bk.
iii. 4.)
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