matador

[mat-uh-dawr] / ˈmæt əˌdɔr /

NOUN

bullfighter

Synonyms

WEAK

toreador torero

Example Sentences

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This relentless bull market may finally have found its matador.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

We meet Iñaki, the manager here who is appropriately more matador than barkeep.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Beetlejuice dabbles in other goofy alternatives such as a matador outfit and an afterlife customs-officer uniform.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

Flamboyant ticks and leaves like a matador goading a bull.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

“Drawings, usually in color and very large, showing a matador with his cape, a bull trying to gore him.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick