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matadore

matadore


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Matadore  \Mat"a*dore\,  Matador  \Mat"a*dor\,  n.  [Sp.  matador, 
  prop.,  a  killer,  fr  matar  to  kill,  L.  mactare  to  sacrifice, 
  kill.] 
  1.  The  killer;  the  man  appointed  to  kill  the  bull  in 
  bullfights. 
 
  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.