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toreador

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tor·e·a·dor  (tôr--dôr)
n.
A matador; a bullfighter.

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

toreador [ˈtɒrɪəˌdɔː]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Bullfighting) a bullfighter
[from Spanish, from torear to take part in bullfighting, from toro a bull, from Latin taurus; compare steer2]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.toreadortoreador - someone who fights bulls            
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
banderillero - the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight
matador - the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
novillero - a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age
picador - the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low
torero - a matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight
Translations
toreador [ˈtɒrɪədɔːʳ] Ntorero m
toreador
nTorero m
toreador [ˈtɒrɪəˌdɔːʳ] ntoreador m inv
toreador [ˈtɒrɪəˌdɔːʳ] ntoreador m inv


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Tyler's assistant secretary, who had been left at home, assured me that there was no doubt but that the Toreador had sailed as promised, since he knew his employer well enough to be positive that nothing short of an act of God would prevent his doing what he had planned to do.
As they steamed down the inland sea past the island of Oo-oh, the stories of their adventures were retold, and Bradley learned that Bowen Tyler and his bride had left the Galu country but a fortnight before and that there was every reason to believe that the Toreador might still be lying in the Pacific not far off the subterranean mouth of the river which emitted Caprona's heated waters into the ocean.
 
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