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toreadores

toreadores is the plural of toreador.

Meaning of toreador

Noun

toreador (plural toreadors or toreadores)

  1. A bullfighter, especially one on horseback.
    • Such figures formed part of some ivory model of the Bull Ring, and are meant to suggest the toreadors who loom so large in the art and the traditions of Knossos. We can imagine the associations which such young toreadors would suggest, hung in the air by fine gold chains above the back of an ivory...1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 21
    Synonyms:
    torero

Questions about toreadores

What is toreadores the plural of?
Toreadores is the plural of toreador.

Words near toreadores in the dictionary

  1. tore up
  2. tore up the dance floor
  3. tore up the pea patch
  4. toreador
  5. toreador pants
  6. toreadores
  7. toreadors
  8. Toreatae
  9. toreave
  10. Torelli
  11. Torellis

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