Cervantes, Miguel de Syllabification: (Cer·van·tes, Miguel de)Pronunciation: /sərˈvantēz, serˈväntās/Definition of Cervantes, Miguel de (1547–1616), Spanish novelist and playwright; full name Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. His most well-known work is Don Quixote (1605–15), a satire on chivalric romances that greatly influenced the development of the novel. Cervantes, Miguel de in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Cervantes, Miguel de in the British & World English dictionary
