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mat·a·dor
/ˈmætəˌdɔr/
鬥牛士
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mat·a·dor
,
Mat·a·dore
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
. --
Swift
.
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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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
matador
n
:
the
principal
bullfighter
who
is
appointed
to
make
the
final
passes
and
kill
the
bull
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