matador

[mat-uh-dawr] / ˈmæt əˌdɔr /

NOUN

bullfighter

Synonyms

WEAK

toreador torero

Example Sentences

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Set in Mexico, the film stars Mexican-born Anthony Quinn as a brilliant but aging matador facing interlocking personal crises, and Maureen O’Hara as the wealthy American who sets her cap for him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

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

Flamboyant ticks and leaves like a matador goading a bull.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

He shakes the Moana bath towel like a matador and charges in.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner