toreador
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of toreador
1610–20; < Spanish, equivalent to torea ( r ) to bait a bull (derivative of toro bull < Latin taurus ) + -dor -tor
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American bass Samuel Ramey performed a version of its Toreador Song on "Sesame Street."
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024
One last Taft punt and it’s Toreador celebration time.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2024
The finest choreography, however, is for the men, notably Corporal Don José and Escamillo, the Toreador.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2015
When Edouard Manet painted his Dead Toreador in 1864, he was influenced by this painting which was then in a Paris collection – today, it can be seen in the National Gallery in London.
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2014
With his answer, Theo sends Vincent an analysis of a painting by Edouard Manet, The Dead Toreador, painted more than twenty years earlier.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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