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matadores

matadores is the plural 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.

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Questions about matadores

What is matadores the plural of?
Matadores is the plural of matador.

Words near matadores in the dictionary

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

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