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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

(Encyclopedia) Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel deCervantes Saavedra, Miguel desərvănˈtēz, Span. mēgĕlˈ dā thĕrvänˈtās säˌävāᵺrä, 1547–1616, Spanish novelist, dramatist, and poet, author of Don Quixote de…

Brewer's: Quixote

(Don) is intended for the Duke of Lerma. (Rawdon Brown.) Don Quixote. The romance so called is a merciless satire by Cervantes on the chivalric romances of the Middle Ages, and had the…

Brewer's: Quixotic

Having foolish and unpractical ideas of honour, or schemes for the general good, like Don Quixote, a half-crazy reformer or knight of the supposed distressed. Source: Dictionary of…

Don Quixote

Don Quixote is the hero of Don Quixote, the early 17th century novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Quixote is a dreamer and a gentle buffoon, an aging gentleman who sets out from his village of La Mancha…

Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández de

(Encyclopedia) Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández deAvellaneda, Alonso Fernández deälônˈsō fārnänˈdāth dā ävĕlyänāˈᵺä [key], pen name used by the unknown Spanish writer who published a spurious second part…

Brewer's: Quixote of the North

Charles XII. of Sweden, sometimes called the Madman. (1682, 1697-1718.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894QuixoticQuixote A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

The Devil's Dictionary: Quixotic

by Ambrose Bierce QUIVERQUORUMQUIXOTIC -adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily denied to him who…

Brewer's: Don Quixote

(2 syl.). A gaunt country gentleman of La Mancha, gentle and dignified, affectionate and simple-minded, but so crazed by reading books of knight-errantry that he believes himself called…

Silva, Antonio José da

(Encyclopedia) Silva, Antonio José daSilva, Antonio José daəntôˈny&oobreve; zh&oobreve;zĕˈ dä sēlˈvə [key], 1705–39, Portuguese playwright, b. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He belonged to a family…

Female States

The United States is 50.8% female. Women outnumber men in 40 states. Find the top ten female states below as of 2014, the last year for which we have comprehensive numbers. 2014 rank State…