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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A matador; a bullfighter.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A Spanish bull-fighter, especially one who fights on horseback.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A bullfighter.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A bullfighter.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. someone who fights bulls

Etymologies

  1. Spanish, from torear, to fight bulls, from toro, bull, from Latin taurus; see tauro- in Indo-European roots.

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  • sidheag But the spelling according to Spanish ought to be matador, not matadore. Hence, toreador. Mar 24, 2009

  • seanahan Come on Sionnach, if the other one is matadore, then that definition should be toreadore.

    Edit: Two spelling corrections Oct 13, 2007

  • sionnach member of the Spanish chapter of the Tori Spelling fan club Oct 13, 2007

  • slumry bullfighter; also toreadors, a style of pants worn by women in the 1950s Aug 1, 2007

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