[don wahn or, Sp., dawn hwahn for 1, 2; especially for 4 don joo-uh
n] 
| 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. |
| Don Juan (wŏn', hwŏn', jōō'ən) n.
[After Don Juan, legendary 14th-century Spanish nobleman and libertine.] |
An obsessive and unscrupulous pursuer of women: “He charms all his female colleagues; he is the Don Juan of the office.” From the legendary nobleman who seduced hundreds of women and was eventually damned for his immoral ways.
A legendary Spanish nobleman and chaser of women; he first appears in Spanish literature in the seventeenth century. Many authors and composers have depicted him: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in the opera Don Giovanni; Lord Byron, in the long poem “Don Juan”; and George Bernard Shaw, in the play Man and Superman.
Don Juan (dŏn wŏn')
n.
A man who is an obsessive seducer of women, especially one who does so out of feelings of impotence or inferiority.
