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matadore

matadore is the archaic spelling of matador.

Meaning of matador

Noun

matador (plural matadors or matadores)

  1. The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
    • […] few of these boys know how to fight alone, and hardly any without a knife or a gun. They are not to be equated with matadors or boxers or Hemingway heroes. They are dangerous pack hounds who will not even expose themselves singly in the outfield.1962, Arthur Miller, “The Bored and the Violent”, in Herbert Gold, editor, First Person Singular: Essays for the Sixties, New York: Dial, published 1963, page 181
  2. (uncountable) 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.
  3. The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
  4. One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.

See all 5 meanings of matador

Forms of matadore

pluralmatadores

Questions about matadore

What is matadore the archaic spelling of?
Matadore is the archaic spelling of matador.

Words near matadore in the dictionary

  1. mataderos
  2. Matadi
  3. matador
  4. matadora
  5. matadoras
  6. matadore
  7. matadores
  8. matadoress
  9. matadorial
  10. matadorlike
  11. matadors

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