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Matadore   Listen
noun
Matadore, Matador  n.  
1.
The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights; a bullfighter; a toreador.
2.
(Card Playing) In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one. "When Lady Tricksey played a four, You took it with a matadore."
3.
(Skat) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, whether by the player or by his adversaries.
4.
A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.





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"Matadore" Quotes from Famous Books



... wavering in its fidelity to him, he is waiting for his brother Lucius, as he cannot find any one more nearly like himself than him. But now what slaughter is this man, who has thus become a captain instead of a matador, a general instead of a gladiator, making, wherever he sets his foot! He destroys stores, he slays the flocks and herds, and all the cattle, wherever he finds them, his soldiers revel in their spoil, and he ...
— The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 • Cicero
... as dangerous as he looks, even when he's angry, if you are only quick on your feet and don't lose your head. These bullfighters are very clever and nimble. And the people, especially the Spanish ladies, think no end of them. A famous bullfighter (or matador, as they call them) is a more important man in Spain than a king—Here comes another crowd of them round the corner, look. See the girls throwing ...
— The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle • Hugh Lofting
... undismayed perseverance he pressed on, stumbling headlong over the outstretched feet of his female persecutors, and getting constantly entangled in the ample folds of the reindeerskin curtains, which were thrown with the skill of a matador over his head and eyes. In a moment the bride had entered the last closed polog near the door, while the unfortunate bridegroom was still struggling with his accumulating misfortunes about half-way ...
— Tent Life in Siberia • George Kennan


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