as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
at the hotel bar she was immediately hit on by the local Don Juan
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Recent Examples of Don Juan
His decades-long career followed, with credits in titles such as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Sherlock Holmes (1922) and Don Juan (1926).
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
In 2024, the City Council voted in favor of purchasing a vacant property off of Don Juan Avenue to turn it into affordable housing for senior citizens.
—Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 18 Feb. 2025
The upper register visually translates the four obstacles to knowledge—fear, clarity, power, and old age—as written in Carlos Castaneda’s The Teachings of Don Juan.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Photo: Don Juan Moore / Getty Images DT R-Jr.
47
Sam Brown
WR
Miami
Height:
6-2
Weight:
194
Class:
Sr.
—Dane Brugler, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Her Off-Broadway plays have included Don Juan Comes Back From the War, The Tooth of Crime., and Hot’N Throbbing among many others.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
This spring, Joni Mitchell rolled out a box set of albums from the late Seventies, including Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024
The collection features demos, alternate versions, and live recordings from the era that saw Mitchell release Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, Mingus, and Shadows and Light.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2024
Princeton University researchers Benedict Hogan and Mary Caswell Stoddard have been studying the courtship routines of this tiny Don Juan, published today in the journal Nature Communications.
—Alison MacKey, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2018
Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
In 2024, the City Council voted in favor of purchasing a vacant property off of Don Juan Avenue to turn it into affordable housing for senior citizens.
—Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 18 Feb. 2025
The upper register visually translates the four obstacles to knowledge—fear, clarity, power, and old age—as written in Carlos Castaneda’s The Teachings of Don Juan.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Photo: Don Juan Moore / Getty Images DT R-Jr.
47
Sam Brown
WR
Miami
Height:
6-2
Weight:
194
Class:
Sr.
—Dane Brugler, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Her Off-Broadway plays have included Don Juan Comes Back From the War, The Tooth of Crime., and Hot’N Throbbing among many others.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
This spring, Joni Mitchell rolled out a box set of albums from the late Seventies, including Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024
The collection features demos, alternate versions, and live recordings from the era that saw Mitchell release Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, Mingus, and Shadows and Light.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2024
Princeton University researchers Benedict Hogan and Mary Caswell Stoddard have been studying the courtship routines of this tiny Don Juan, published today in the journal Nature Communications.
—Alison MacKey, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2018
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“Don Juan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Don%20Juan. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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