matador
noun
mat·a·dor
ˈma-tə-ˌdȯr 
: a bullfighter who has the principal role and who kills the bull in a bullfight
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Outside sent Susan Orlean to Spain to meet with a female matador, and Don Katz to Yorkshire to profile a man who held the world record for keeping a ferret in his pants the longest.
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Others represent internal dialogue imagined between a bull and a matador.
—Christopher Blay, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Machismo is another one of these elements as the doc repeatedly shows a star matador and his hero-worshipping entourage.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
She's been a matador, a candidate for U.S. president, a chef, an artist, a Sea World trainer and even a journalist.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Others represent internal dialogue imagined between a bull and a matador.
—Christopher Blay, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Machismo is another one of these elements as the doc repeatedly shows a star matador and his hero-worshipping entourage.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
She's been a matador, a candidate for U.S. president, a chef, an artist, a Sea World trainer and even a journalist.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
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matador
noun
mat·a·dor
ˈmat-ə-ˌdȯ(ə)r
: the bullfighter who plays the major human part in a bullfight
Etymology
Spanish, literally "killer"
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