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Matador   /mˈætədˌɔr/   Listen
Matador

noun
1.
The principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull.





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"Matador" Quotes from Famous Books



... was far more cruelty employed, and a larger amount of danger, in consequence of the assistance afforded by the tame elephants. At the same time, the courage and activity displayed by a Spanish piccador or matador is infinitely superior to that which a Singhalese nooser is compelled to exert. Of one thing I am certain, that in a state of freedom the elephant as a rule is certainly neither savage nor revengeful, and considering his power to inflict injury, he is rather a timid animal ...
— My First Voyage to Southern Seas • W.H.G. Kingston
... and entirely antagonistic qualities. To a great extent those qualities are the result of training. Every courageous man has a slight amount of cowardice in his composition, and all cowards have a certain infusion of courage. The matador stands before the infuriated bull, and awaits its charge with unflinching firmness, not because he has more courage than his comrades in the ring who run away, but because long training has enabled him to make almost certain of killing the bull. He knows ...
— The Gorilla Hunters • R.M. Ballantyne


Words linked to "Matador" :   toreador, bullfighter


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