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Sancho Panza

[ san-choh pan-zuh; Spanish sahn-chaw pahn-thah ]

noun

  1. the credulous and amusing squire of Don Quixote.


Sancho Panza

  1. In , the down-to-Earth peasant who accompanies the idealistic, deluded Don on his adventures. Sancho is a delightful coward, more interested in material comfort and safety than in performing courageous acts.


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In Turnaround, Romney referred to Bullock as his “Sancho Panza.”

When meal-time arrives, each peasant brings out the alforja, or embroidered wallet, which Sancho Panza kept so well filled.

The contrast to this figure is furnished by that of Sancho Panza, who embodies all that is matter-of-fact, gross, and plebeian.

At this stage Sancho Panza began to realize the full extent of his position as squire to a successful knight.

And so, after much persuasion and many promises, Sancho Panza decided to adopt his noble neighbor as his master.

Sancho Panza sat on his donkey, a picture of grave joviality, already seeing himself the governor of some conquered island.

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