Matador
['mætədɔː] or ['mætədɔr]
Definition
(noun.) the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull.
Checker: Rene--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights.
(n.) In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one.
Edited by Candice
Definition
n. the man who kills the bull in bull-fights: one of the three chief cards at ombre and quadrille.
Editor: Pratt
Examples
- It was then that I met Pilar who was, as she told you, with the matador Finito de Palencia. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He wasn't much of a matador? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And another says, after one, knowing, has explained, If he was so short he should not have tried to be a matador. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She saw him, Finito, the not-so-good matador, now standing in front of the bull and turning sideways toward him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If he was so short he should not have tried to be a matador, Primitivo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And from thy matador. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Now he would like to retire like a _matador de toros_. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He wasn't much of a matador, one of the brothers at the table said looking at Pilar's back where she stood in front of the stove. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The _matador_ or _espada_ now comes in gravely with a naked sword and a red flag to decoy the bull with, and aims a fatal blow at the animal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- What a people are the Spaniards, and if he was so short he should not have tried to be a matador. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was a good matador, Pablo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Pilar saw all this as she stood there over the fire and she said, So he wasn't a good matador? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- That had made him believe and hope that he could be an amateur matador. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Did I live nine years with three of the worst paid matadors in the world not to learn about fear and about safety? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- How many times have I heard matadors talk like that before they took a goring. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Checker: Williams