What is another word for matador?

Pronunciation: [mˈatɐdˌɔː] (IPA)

A matador is typically associated with bullfighting, but there are quite a few different words you could use to describe this type of performer. If you prefer a more generic term, you might call them a bullfighter, a torero, or a toreador. Alternatively, you could opt for a more specific descriptor, such as espada (which refers to a matador who specializes in sword-fighting rather than other types of bullfighting) or rejoneador (a matador who fights bulls while on horseback). Depending on the context, you might also use words like picador (a bullfighter who uses a lance), banderillero (a bullfighter who sticks decorative barbed poles into the bull to weaken it), or capote (the large cloth a bullfighter uses to taunt and distract the bull).

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What are the hyponyms for Matador?

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Usage examples for Matador

No matador fluttered the cloak more dextrously.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
I had hired a casino where I held a faro bank in partnership with a matador, who secured me against the frauds of certain noblemen-tyrants, with whom a private citizen is always sure to be in the wrong in my dear country.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Left and right she swayed to avoid them, far more gracefully than a matador avoids the bull and courting a deadlier peril than he- poisonous, two to his one.
"King--of the Khyber Rifles"
Talbot Mundy

Famous quotes with Matador

  • My feelings are those of a schoolboy getting in sight of the holidays. Or more seriously, my feelings are perhaps those of a matador who has decided not to enter the bull ring.
    Geoffrey Fisher

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