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  • noun one who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who fights bulls

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Examples

  • 'Matador, "I said (always until the day he dies, a bullfighter is addressed that way)," Is it true that all bullfighters live in continual fear? "

    Bullfighting in Mexico: The conquest of fear, Latino style 1997

  • 'Matador, "I said (always until the day he dies, a bullfighter is addressed that way)," Is it true that all bullfighters live in continual fear? "

    Bullfighting in Mexico: The conquest of fear, Latino style 1997

  • Art historians will remember that these precocious painters aren't an exclusively 21st century phenomenon: Pablo Picasso showed unusual promise at the age of 8 with his bullfighter painting "Picador," while Dürer crafted a strikingly precise silverpoint self-portrait at 13.

    ARTINFO: From the Palettes of Babes: 5 Prodigious Child Artists to Watch ARTINFO 2011

  • Sadly, bullfighting is still very much alive in Spain, with the colorful posters covering every bare space of public wall with the lionized torero or bullfighter shown in regal splendor.

    “Spain in Mind” Edited by Alice Leccese Powers (Vintage, 2007) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Art historians will remember that these precocious painters aren't an exclusively 21st century phenomenon: Pablo Picasso showed unusual promise at the age of 8 with his bullfighter painting "Picador," while Dürer crafted a strikingly precise silverpoint self-portrait at 13.

    ARTINFO: From the Palettes of Babes: 5 Prodigious Child Artists to Watch ARTINFO 2011

  • Matt thinks the Serbs may have gotten a more sympathetic hearing from the people who wanted to strike them had they been doing all of this 10-15 years later than they did. bullfighter says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Karadzic’s Defense 2010

  • Sadly, bullfighting is still very much alive in Spain, with the colorful posters covering every bare space of public wall with the lionized torero or bullfighter shown in regal splendor.

    2010 March 06 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Brown Canon III for The Wall Street Journal Students practice the veronica, a deceptively simple pass in which the bullfighter attempts to hold his ground and draw the charging bull through the pivoting cape.

    Learn to Be a Matador 2010

  • I wish for another death-defying ride in the yellow taxi that fought the traffic as a bullfighter fights the bull.

    Wishes Instead of Resolutions 2009

  • At Campo Bravo we spent hours alone in the sun practicing the veronica, a deceptively simple pass in which the bullfighter attempts to hold his ground and draw the charging bull through the pivoting cape.

    Matador for a Day 2010

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