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Manolete

American

[mah-naw-le-te] / ˌmɑ nɔˈlɛ tɛ /

noun

Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez, 1917–47, Spanish matador.

Manolete British

/ manoˈlete /

noun

original name Manuel Rodriguez y Sánchez. 1917–47, Spanish bullfighter

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Little Manolete was aloof and morose, and he wandered through Córdoba lost in thought.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

By the time Manolete was 27, in 1944, he was appearing in three bullfights a week.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

Apparently, at the beginning of every bullfighting season, Manolete felt pricks of pain behind his eyes, as though he had walked into a dusty room.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

It was true: Manolete’s grandfather and two of his uncles had been bullfighters, and so had his father, who also fought under the name Manolete.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

Then he would come close to actual weeping when he described to the class the death of Manolete which he had studied exhaustively while in Spain.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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