Sancho Panza
Windmill-chaser's companion
Sancho Panza is the peasant squire who accompanies Don Quixote in Cervantes's novel.
Where his master is idealistic and deluded, Sancho is earthy, practical, and fond of proverbs.
The name has become shorthand for a loyal but grounded companion who tolerates another's grand delusions: Every visionary needs a Sancho Panza to keep him fed.
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- belly laughsLoud, uncontrollable laughter
- RocinanteKnight's bony mount
- EverymanArchetypal human figure
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
Cervantes · windmills · governor · La Mancha · impossible dream · satire · Spanish literature · quixotic · novel · tilting at windmills · donkey · squire · peasant · realistic · chivalry · delusion · earthy · down to earth
Sancho PanzaDon Quixote
Delusional self-proclaimed knight-errant
Don Quijote · idealist · dreamer · Walter Mitty · visionary
Sancho PanzaPrince Hamlet
Sancho PanzaDon Quixote
Delusional self-proclaimed knight-errant
knight-errant · hidalgo · nobleman · aristocrat · master