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Dominguín

American  
[daw-meeng-geen] / ˌdɔ miŋˈgin /

noun

  1. Luis Miguel Luis Miguel González Lucas, 1926–1996, Spanish bullfighter.


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Now Dominguín was giving fans permission to feel exhausted with the dour-faced, overpaid man who had dominated bullfighting for years.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

Luis Miguel Dominguín was 21 and comes off, in written accounts, as an almost cartoonish distillation of every matador cliché the American imagination can conjure.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

Dominguín began ascending professionally in 1943, just as Manolete’s fame was exploding.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

“I am anxious to furnish proof that I am a better torero than he, and that I can unseat him from the pedestal on which public opinion has placed him,” Dominguín insisted.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

But Dominguín kept hounding Manolete, and the public started piling on.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022