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toreador

[ tawr-ee-uh-dawr; Spanish taw-re-ah-thawr ]

noun

  1. a bullfighter; torero.


toreador

/ ˈtɒrɪəˌdɔː /

noun

  1. a bullfighter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of toreador1

1610–20; < Spanish, equivalent to torea ( r ) to bait a bull (derivative of toro bull < Latin taurus ) + -dor -tor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of toreador1

C17: from Spanish, from torear to take part in bullfighting, from toro a bull, from Latin taurus; compare steer ²
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Example Sentences

At last the mock bull amiably presented himself to be killed and the victorious toreador retired amid great applause.

Winn set himself against him with the dogged fury of a bull against a toreador.

When Frederick and his friends entered, a woman and a slim toreador were dancing.

A little nod of Consuelo's round black-and-red toreador hat or a kiss tossed from her riding-whip was reward enough!

But when I looked again, she had a hairpin between her white teeth and was carefully adjusting her toreador hat.

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