Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—Q

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 excellent effect of putting an end to knight-errantry.

Don Quixote's horse.
Rosinante (Spanish, rocin-ante, a jade previously). (See Horse.) The wooden-pin wing-horse on which he and Sancho Panza mounted to achieve the liberation of Dolorida and her companions was called Algiero Clavileno (wooden-pin wing-bearer).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Quixote of the North
Quixada
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

More on Quixote from Fact Monster:

  • Don Quixote de la Mancha - Don Quixote de la Mancha: Don Quixote de la Mancha: see Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.
  • Don Quixote - Biography of Don Quixote, The crazy knight who tilted at windmills
  • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de , 1547–1616, Spanish novelist, ...
  • El Toboso - Toboso, El Toboso, El , town, Toledo prov., central Spain, in Castile–La Mancha. It is an ...
  • Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda - Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández de , pen name used by ...

Related Content