matador
/ˈma.tə.dɔː/ · noun
Meaning
- The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
- The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
- One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.
- A town, the county seat of Motley County, Texas, United States.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Spanish matador (“killer”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.
- matador(Spanish)→
- matador (English)
- Relations: bor
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