bullfighter

[ bool-fahy-ter ]

/ ˈbʊlˌfaɪ tər /

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noun

a person who participates in a bullfight, especially a matador.

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Origin of bullfighter

First recorded in 1840–50; bull¹ + fighter

Words nearby bullfighter

bulletproof, bullet train, bullet wood, bull fiddle, bullfight, bullfighter, bullfinch, bull float, bullfrog, bull gun, bullhead

How to use bullfighter in a sentence

Tall and well-spoken with slicked-back hair, Silveti, 30, descended from a family of bullfighters.
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Rafa!Michael Mewshaw, Newsweek Part bull, part bullfighter, Rafael Nadal is a man who never quits or makes excuses in defeat.
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Hence never would be waked in him the ambition to become a bullfighter.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey
He was big, broad-shouldered, fair-haired and as smooth-shaven as any bullfighter.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey

My words apply to him as much as they do to any bullfighter.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey
Down there before her the bullfighter was fighting a championship fight.
Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border|Annie Roe Carr
Every boy in Spain dreams of growing up to be the greatest bullfighter in the world.
Getting to know Spain|Dee Day

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