matador
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Spanish matador (“‘killer’”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a toreador in Spain.
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matador (plural matadors)
- (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
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bullfighter
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[edit] French
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Borrowed from Spanish
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matador m. (plural matadors)
[edit] Spanish
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matar to kill + -(a)dor, the agent suffix
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matador m. (feminine matadora, masculine plural matadores, feminine plural matadoras)
- a slaughterer, a killer
- matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event

