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BULLFIGHTER

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bull⋅fight⋅er

[bool-fahy-ter]
–noun
a person who participates in a bullfight, esp. a matador.

Origin:
1840–50; bull 1 + fighter
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bull·fight   (bŏŏl'fīt')   
n.  A public spectacle, performed especially in Spain, Portugal, and parts of Latin America, in which a fighting bull is engaged in a series of traditional maneuvers culminating usually with the ceremonial execution of the bull by sword. In Portugal the bull is often fought from horseback and is not killed.
bull'fight'er n., bull'fight'ing n.
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