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Sancho Panza

Sancho Panza noun: a person perceived as both foolish and wise and who takes claims at face value, and who is usually the companion of a more important or powerful person whom they idolize beyond reason.

Noun

Sancho Panza (plural Sancho Panzas)

  1. A person perceived as both foolish and wise and who takes claims at face value, and who is usually the companion of a more important or powerful person whom they idolize beyond reason.
    • I defend the pudgy Sancho Panzas, the rotund Ragueneaus, and the sentimental Samwise Gamgees of the world.2014, Dwight Longenecker, The Romance of Religion: Fighting for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty, page 87=88
    • Nanak's companion, Mardana, was ardently attached to his master and fully believed in him; but his healthy, natural appetite often got the better of his high spiritual aspirations. He had no genius for saintliness and not the slightest predilection for an ascetic life, but had had sanctity thrust...1874, E.P. Evans, “Nanak, the Founder of the Sikh Religion”, in The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine, volume 10, Leonard C. Bowles, page 151

Forms of Sancho Panza

pluralSancho Panzas

Origin of Sancho Panza

From the character Sancho Panza from Miguel de Cervantes's novel Don Quixote.

Questions about Sancho Panza

What does Sancho Panza mean?
Sancho Panza means a person perceived as both foolish and wise and who takes claims at face value, and who is usually the companion of a more important or powerful person whom they idolize beyond reason.
What part of speech is Sancho Panza?
Sancho Panza is a noun.
What is the plural of Sancho Panza?
The plural of Sancho Panza is Sancho Panzas.

Words near Sancho Panza in the dictionary

  1. Sanchezmartinezes
  2. Sanchezs
  3. Sanchih
  4. Sanchit
  5. Sancho
  6. Sancho Panza
  7. Sancho Panzaism
  8. Sancho Pedro
  9. Sanchong
  10. Sanchoniatho
  11. Sanchoniathon

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