Don Juan

n. a seducer of women; a libertine.
Etymology: name of a legendary Sp. nobleman celebrated in fiction, e.g. by Byron

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noun

1. a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Lord, ↑noble, ↑nobleman

2. any successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman)

• Regions: ↑Spain, ↑Kingdom of Spain, ↑Espana

• Hypernyms: ↑womanizer, ↑womaniser, ↑philanderer

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n

ladies' man, lady-killer, womanizer, lover, Casanova, philander(er), rake, romeo, gigolo

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▶ noun WOMANIZER, philanderer, Casanova, Lothario, flirt, ladies' man, playboy, seducer, rake, roué, libertine; informal skirt-chaser, ladykiller, wolf.

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\(ˈ)dänˈ(h)wän, dänˈjüən, ˌdänəˈwän — usu -ˈjüən with reference to Byronʸs poem, where such a pronunc is required by rhymes\ noun (plural don juans)

Usage: usually capitalized D&J

Etymology: after Don Juan, legendary Spanish nobleman featured in many works of literature, especially El Burlador de Sevilla by Gabriel Téllez (Tirso de Molina) died 1648 Spanish dramatist, and Don Juan, by George Gordon, Lord Byron died 1824 English poet

: a man that pursues women : libertine

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/don wahn"/ or, Sp., /dawn hwahn"/ for 1, 2; esp. for 4 /don jooh"euhn/

1. a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.

2. a libertine or rake.

3. a ladies' man; womanizer.

4. (italics) an unfinished epic satire (1819-24) by Byron.

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Don Juan /hwän or jooˈən/ noun

1. A legendary Spanish licentious nobleman, subject of plays, poems and operas in several European languages

2. An attractive libertine and profligate

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Main Entry: ↑don

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Don Juan UK [ˌdɒn ˈhwɑːn] UK [ˌdɒn ˈdʒuːən] US [ˌdɑn ˈhwɑn] US [ˌdɑn ˈwɑn] noun [countable] [singular Don Juan plural Don Juans]

a man who has sexual relationships with many women

Thesaurus: words for men who have a lot of sexual partners_synonym

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Don Juan «don wahn, hwahn, JOO uhn»,

1. a nobleman in Spanish legends, who had many love affairs. He is the hero of many literary works, appearing in plays by Molière and George Bernard Shaw, an opera by Mozart, and a poem by Lord Byron.

2. a man leading an immoral life; libertine. SYNONYM(S): rake.

Usage Don Juan is usually pronounced (don wän or don hwän), in imitation of the Spanish. When it applies to the title or hero of Byron's poem, it is traditionally pronounced (don jü´).

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[ˌdän '(h)wän]

a legendary Spanish nobleman known for his dissolute life and for seducing women

■ [as n.] a Don Juan a seducer of women; a libertine

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/ˈdɑːnˈwɑːn/ noun, pl ⋯ Juans [count]

: a man who has sexual relationships with many women

She was wined and dined by the local Don Juan. [=Casanova]

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Don Juan [Don Juan] [ˌdɒn ˈdʒʊən] [ˌdɑːn ˈdʒʊən] [ˌdɒn ˈhwɑːn] [ˌdɑːn ˈhwɑːn] noun (informal)

a man who has sex with a lot of women From the name of a character from Spanish legend who was skilled at persuading women to have sex with him.