matador
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mat·a·dor
(măt′ə-dôr′)n.
1. A bullfighter who performs the final passes and kills the bull.
2. Games One of the highest trumps in certain card games.
[Spanish, from matar, to kill, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattāre, to beat senseless, perhaps from Latin mattus, stupefied; see mat2.]
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matador
ormatadore
n
1. (Bullfighting) the principal bullfighter who is appointed to kill the bull
2. (Card Games) (in some card games such as skat) one of the highest ranking cards
3. (Games, other than specified) a game played with dominoes in which the dots on adjacent halves must total seven
[C17: from Spanish, from matar to kill]
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mat•a•dor
(ˈmæt əˌdɔr)n.
the bullfighter in a bullfight who traditionally kills the bull.
[1665–75; < Sp, =mata(r) to kill + –dor -tor]
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مُصارِع الثيران
matador
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matadori
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matadors
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matador
n → Matador m
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matador
(ˈmӕtədoː) noun the man who kills the bull in a bullfight.
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