matador
noun
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.
matadors
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pluralof matador.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Wearing mandatory face masks and sitting in fumigated seats separated by stickers, fans watched matadors take on seven bulls in a charity contest to raise money for jobless bullfighters and other workers in the sector.
From Reuters ● May 2, 2021
Wagon-wheel chandelier, cereal boxes, dirty dishes, green shag carpet, orange vinyl couch patched with duct tape, two sad-looking boys dressed as matadors staring from a painting on the wall.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2018
Shown nearby are paintings of matadors, which have a child-like quality but were made by Picasso towards the end of his life in the early 1970s.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2017
I’ve profiled matadors, heiresses, activists, fertility doctors, debauched film producers, mistresses of great artists and great artists themselves.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2016
There were two other matadors, but they did not count.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
