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From the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
"Don Juan. Noun.
1. A libertine; a profligate. 2. A man who is an obsessive seducer of women."
http://www.bartleby.com/61/77/D0337700.html
"Don Juan
Character of Spanish legend, Don Juan Tenorio, supposed to have lived
in the 14th century and notorious for his debauchery. Tirso de Molina,
Molière, Mozart, Byron, and George Bernard Shaw have featured the
legend in their works."
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0000995.html
"Don Juan
Fictional character famous as a heartless womanizer but also noted for
his charm and courage.
In Spanish legend, Don Juan was a licentious rogue who seduced a young
girl of noble family and killed her father. Coming across a stone
effigy of the father in a cemetery, he invited it home to dine with
him, and the ghost of the father arrived for dinner as the harbinger
of Don Juan's death. The legend of Don Juan was first written down by
Tirso de Molina..."
source: Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=388291&query=legend&ct=
"Don Juan
Fictitious character who is generally regarded as a symbol of
libertinism. Libertinism is immoral behavior that is not restrained by
conscience or conventions.
The legend tells how Don Juan seduced a girl of noble family and then
killed her father when he sought revenge. Later Don Juan saw a ghost
of the father and flippantly invited it to dinner. The ghost arrived
to foreshadow Don Juan's own death..."
source: Occultopedia
http://www.occultopedia.com/d/don_juan.htm
"Don Juan?ism
Pronunciation: (don wä'niz-um), [key] Psychiatry.
a syndrome, occurring in males, of excessive preoccupation with sexual
gratification or conquest and leading to persistently transient and
sometimes exploitative relationships. Also called satyriasis. Cf.
nymphomania."
source: infoplease.com
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/Don+Juanism
"Don Juan" is often used as a term meaning the "world's greatest lover."
For example:
"When thrown into a society dominated by women, any man would almost
surely assume that he could be the ultimate Don Juan, the world?s
greatest lover."
http://www.smcm.edu/pointnews/article.cfm?id=888
When a woman says, "I'd like to find a Don Juan," what she typically
means is that she simply wants a great lover or a man who is an expert
at romance, if you will.
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