Don Juan
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- noun
- /dɒn ˈhwɑn/
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Don Juan
- With his charm and good looks, he became known as a true Don Juan among his friends.
And she says, you know, Don Juan himself, You know, the taste for conquest is often subtly tied up with the taste for possession.
- And she says, you know, Don Juan himself, You know, the taste for conquest is often subtly tied up with the taste for possession.
Examples
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Throughout Spain, it is tradition to see a live performance of the play "Don Juan Tenorio," the story of the mythical lady's man Don Juan.
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But from all I know, you are like, uh- like Don Juan or something.
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I believe that you are Don Juan.
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Smooth, Dan, you're a real Don Juan.
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Don Juan has at last found his female conqueror.
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Everyone warned her that he was a Don Juan, always moving from one woman to the next without commitment.
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Despite his reputation as a Don Juan, he claimed he was looking for true love.
Synonyms
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A man who has many short romantic relationships with women
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A man who is very charming and attracts many women
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A man who is popular with women and looks for their attention
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A man who has many romantic or sexual relationships with women
A man who many women find very attractive and who often takes advantage of them
An Italian writer and adventurer famous for writing about his own life and many love affairs in the 1700s
How Seductive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Don + Juan
The sense 'a womanizer' is not compositionally derived from 'Don' (a Spanish courtesy title) + 'Juan' (a male name); a B1 learner who knows those words would most likely interpret it as a personal name or title, not a general trait. This usage is an eponymic, culture-specific reference to a legendary character (Don Juan), so the meaning requires prior cultural or lexical knowledge and is not predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Don Juan comes from a famous Spanish story about a nobleman who loved and seduced many women. That's why today calling someone a Don Juan means he is a 'womanizer'.