matador
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əˌdɔr noun
1.
the principal bullfighter in a bullfight who passes the bull with a muleta and then, in many countries, kills it with a sword thrust; a torero.
2.
one of the principal cards in skat and certain other games.
3.
( initial capital letter ) a jet-powered U.S. surface-to-surface missile.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the principal bullfighter who is appointed to kill the bull |
| 2. | (in some card games such as skat) one of the highest ranking cards |
| 3. | 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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Word Origin & History
matador
1674, from Sp. matador, lit. "killer," from matar "to kill or wound," probably from Arabic mata "he died," from Persian (see second element in checkmate).
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Example sentences
Along the way the car ends up in a bullring playing the role of matador, the best of several incongruous adventures.
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