Toreador
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 bull, when we look at a scene painted on one of the frescoes."
- 2 someone who fights bulls wordnet
Example
More examples"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 bull, when we look at a scene painted on one of the frescoes."
Etymology
From Spanish toreador, from torear (“to fight bulls”), from toro (“bull”), from Latin taurus.
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