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Mounted bullfighter
Answer for the clue "Mounted bullfighter ", 8 letters:
toreador
Alternative clues for the word toreador
Word definitions for toreador in dictionaries
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who fights bulls [syn: bullfighter ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"bullfighter on horseback" (as opposed to a torero , who kills on foot), 1610s, from Spanish toreador , from torear "to participate in a bullfight," from toro "bull," from Latin taurus (see Taurus ).\n\nA toreador is, or rather was, a gentleman who killed ...
Usage examples of toreador.
Aarons who, while waiting for his nurse, was pacing the room in his own accompaniment, pianissimo, of the Toreador Song from Carmen.
From Six Mile Point, Flathouse, Nine Mile Stone follow the footpeople with knotty sticks, hayforks, salmongaffs, lassos, flockmasters with stockwhips, bearbaiters with tomtoms, toreadors with bullswords, greynegroes waving torches.
Prominent Rancher Escapes Death From Savage Champion Bull Bracero Plays Toreador!
She grudged the money for the costume-hire, but when Ripon called for her, not very happily disguised as a toreador, she was ready in an outfit which included a large panniered skirt and a tricorne hat, which the costumier called a Venetian Domino.
This seems to be a suitable costume for bodyguards, though it lacks the dazzle of low-cut toreador pants, halter tops, and navel opals.
On an impulse, I put on the best I had in my tiny wardrobe—my black velvet toreador pants with the rather indecent gold zip down the seat, itself most unchastely tight, and, not bothering with a bra, my golden thread Camelot sweater with the wide floppy turtleneck.