Cervantes
[ser-
van
-teez;
Spanish
the
r
-
vahn
-tes, se
r
-]
/sərˈvæn tiz;
Spanish
θɛrˈvɑn tɛs, sɛr-/
noun
1.
Miguel de
[mi-
gel
dey;;
Spanish
mee-
gel
de]
/mɪˈgɛl deɪ;;
Spanish
miˈgɛl dɛ/
(
Show IPA
),
(
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
)
1547–1616,
Spanish novelist and short-story writer.
British Dictionary definitions for
Cervantes
Cervantes
/
səˈvæntiːz;
Spanish
θɛrˈβantes
/
noun
1.
Miguel de
(miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname
Cervantes Saavedra.
1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for
Don Quixote
(1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel