don juan

don Juan

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [don wahn]
- /dɒn wɑn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [don wahn]
- /dɒn wɑn/

Definitions of don juan words

noun don juan a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life. 1
noun don juan a libertine or rake. 1
noun don juan a ladies' man; womanizer. 1
noun don juan (italics) an unfinished epic satire (1819–24) by Byron. 1
countable noun don juan If you describe a man as a Don Juan, you mean he has had sex with many women. 0
noun don juan a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer: hero of many poems, plays, and operas, including treatments by de Molina, Molière, Goldoni, Mozart, Byron, and Shaw 0

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don juan popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for don juan

noun don juan

casanova — Giovanni Jacopo (dʒoˈvanni ˈjaːkopo). 1725–98, Italian adventurer noted for his Mémoires, a vivid account of his sexual adventures and of contemporary society
lothario — (sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
romeo — the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
charmer — If you refer to someone, especially a man, as a charmer, you think that they behave in a very charming but rather insincere way.
lady-killer — a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.

All 19 Synonyms of don juan