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Definition of matador noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

matador

noun
 
/ˈmætədɔː(r)/
 
/ˈmætədɔːr/
(from Spanish)
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  1. a person who fights and kills the bull in a bullfight
    Word OriginSpanish, literally ‘killer’, from matar ‘to kill’, from Persian māt ‘dead’.
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