taurophile
taurophile noun: a fan of bullfighting.
Noun
taurophile (plural taurophiles)
- A fan of bullfighting.
- Nevertheless, the church of Spain had its taurophile clergy, as the church of England has her sporting parsons.1852, Fraser's Magazine, volume 45, page 540
- Fortunately for the avid taurophiles of Lima, Pope Gregorius XIII reinstated the sport eight years later, although he decreed that bullfights not be held on religious holidays and that clerics be banned from attending, among other cautions.2015, Christopher Conway, Nineteenth-Century Spanish America: A Cultural History, page 125
Forms of taurophile
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Questions about taurophile
- What does taurophile mean?
- Taurophile means a fan of bullfighting.
- What part of speech is taurophile?
- Taurophile is a noun.
- What is the plural of taurophile?
- The plural of taurophile is taurophiles.
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