Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A matador or one of the supporting team.

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  • noun bullfighting A bullfighter

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  • noun a matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish, from Late Latin taurārius, from Latin taurus, bull; see tauro- in Indo-European roots.]

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Borrowing from Spanish.

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Examples

  • We have come to think of it as a living work of art, and the torero is the artist.

    There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

  • We have come to think of it as a living work of art, and the torero is the artist.

    There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

  • Skintight, so there will be no folds of cloth for the horn to snag, the body of the torero is heavily oiled beneath, so that if the end of a horn does tear the suit, it might slide on the oil.

    There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

  • Skintight, so there will be no folds of cloth for the horn to snag, the body of the torero is heavily oiled beneath, so that if the end of a horn does tear the suit, it might slide on the oil.

    There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

  • But the torero is the star the public wants to see.

    Why bullfighting is making Spain see red 2010

  • “Well, a torero is a man engaged in bull-fighting.”

    Tales of all countries 2004

  • And even more disturbing is the grinning faces of those who've investigated details for the purpose of gossip and their pride en par with a torero, in a bullfighting arena, who has gracefully thrown himself over the horns of the fighting bull performing a perfect estocada -- the act of thrusting the sword ensuring a "clean death."

    Fahad Faruqui: (Not) Giving In To Gossip Fahad Faruqui 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.

    2010 March 06 « The BookBanter Blog 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.

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

  • And even more disturbing is the grinning faces of those who've investigated details for the purpose of gossip and their pride en par with a torero, in a bullfighting arena, who has gracefully thrown himself over the horns of the fighting bull performing a perfect estocada -- the act of thrusting the sword ensuring a "clean death."

    Fahad Faruqui: (Not) Giving In To Gossip Fahad Faruqui 2011

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