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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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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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