|san(ˌ)chōˈpanzə, ˈsän...ˈpänzə noun
Usage: usually capitalized S&P
Etymology: from Sancho Panza, commonsensical peasant squire of Don Quixote in the satiric novel Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605, 1615) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra died 1616 Spanish novelist
: one that occupies a position analogous to the squire of Don Quixote
his realistic colleagues, the Sancho Panzas of jurisprudence — M.R.Cohen